HS code 2916: VII. CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND THEIR ANHYDRIDES, HALIDES
Heading 2916 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 29, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
2916VII. CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND THEIR ANHYDRIDES, HALIDES, PEROXIDES AND PEROXYACIDS AND THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES | Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
Place in the nomenclature: 29 Organic chemicals > 2916
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 12
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 15
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 2916
- 2916 11Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives | Acrylic acid and its salts
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Acrylic acid and its salts
- 2916 11 00 Acrylic acid and its salts
- 2916 12Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives | Esters of acrylic acid
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Esters of acrylic acid
- 2916 12 00 Esters of acrylic acid
- 2916 13Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives | Methacrylic acid and its salts
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Methacrylic acid and its salts
- 2916 13 00 Methacrylic acid and its salts
- 2916 14Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives | Esters of methacrylic acid
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Esters of methacrylic acid
- 2916 14 00 Esters of methacrylic acid
- 2916 15Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives | Oleic, linoleic or linolenic acids, their salts and esters
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Oleic, linoleic or linolenic acids, their salts and esters (excl. inorganic or organic compounds of mercury)
- 2916 15 00 Oleic, linoleic or linolenic acids, their salts and esters
- 2916 16Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives | Binapacryl (ISO)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Binapacryl (ISO)
- 2916 16 00 Binapacryl (ISO)
- 2916 19Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. acrylic acid and its salts and esters, methacrylic acid and its salts and esters, and oleic, linoleic or linolenic acids, their salts and esters, and binapacryl [ISO])
- 2916 19 10 Undecenoic acids and their salts and esters
- 2916 19 40 Crotonic acid
- 2916 19 95 Other
- 2916 20Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. inorganic or organic compounds of mercury)
- 2916 20 00 Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives
- 2916 31Aromatic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives | Benzoic acid, its salts and esters
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Benzoic acid, its salts and esters (excl. inorganic or organic compounds of mercury)
- 2916 31 00 Benzoic acid, its salts and esters
- 2916 32Aromatic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives | Benzoyl peroxide and benzoyl chloride
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Benzoyl peroxide and benzoyl chloride
- 2916 32 00 Benzoyl peroxide and benzoyl chloride
- 2916 34Aromatic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives | Phenylacetic acid and its salts
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Phenylacetic acid and its salts
- 2916 34 00 Phenylacetic acid and its salts
- 2916 39Aromatic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Aromatic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. benzoic acid, its salts and esters, benzoyl peroxide, benzoyl chloride, phenylacetic acid and its salts, and inorganic or organic compounds of mercury whether or not chemically defined)
- 2916 39 10 Esters of phenylacetic acid
- 2916 39 90 Other
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.