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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 2939: XII. GLYCOSIDES AND ALKALOIDS, NATURAL OR REPRODUCED

Heading 2939 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

2939XII. GLYCOSIDES AND ALKALOIDS, NATURAL OR REPRODUCED BY SYNTHESIS, AND THEIR SALTS, ETHERS, ESTERS AND OTHER DERIVATIVES | Alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives

Place in the nomenclature: 29 Organic chemicals > 2939

Explanatory note (Eurostat)

Alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives

Subheadings (6 digits)
19
CN codes (8 digits)
20

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 2939

  • 2939 11Alkaloids of opium and their derivatives; salts thereof | Concentrates of poppy straw; buprenorphine (INN), codeine, dihydrocodeine (INN), ethylmorphine, etorphine (INN), heroin, hydrocodone (INN), hydromorphone (INN), morphine, nicomorphine (INN), oxycodone (INN), oxymorphone (INN), pholcodine (INN), thebacon (INN) and thebaine; salts thereof

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Concentrates of poppy straw; buprenorphine "INN", codeine, dihydrocodeine "INN", ethylmorphine, etorphine "INN", heroin, hydrocodone "INN", hydromorphone "INN", morphine, nicomorphine "INN", oxycodone "INN", oxymorphone "INN", pholcodine "INN", thebacon "INN" and thebaine, and salts thereof

    • 2939 11 00 Concentrates of poppy straw; buprenorphine (INN), codeine, dihydrocodeine (INN), ethylmorphine, etorphine (INN), heroin, hydrocodone (INN), hydromorphone (INN), morphine, nicomorphine (INN), oxycodone (INN), oxymorphone (INN), pholcodine (INN), thebacon (INN) and thebaine; salts thereof
  • 2939 19Alkaloids of opium and their derivatives; salts thereof | Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Alkaloids of opium and their derivatives, and salts thereof (excl. concentrates of poppy straw; buprenorphine "INN", codeine, dihydrocodeine "INN", ethylmorphine, etorphine "INN", heroin, hydrocodone "INN", hydromorphone "INN", morphine, nicomorphine "INN", oxycodone "INN", oxymorphone "INN", pholcodine "INN", thebacon "INN" and thebaine, and salts thereof)

    • 2939 19 00 Other
  • 2939 20Alkaloids of cinchona and their derivatives; salts thereof
    • 2939 20 00 Alkaloids of cinchona and their derivatives; salts thereof
  • 2939 30Caffeine and its salts
    • 2939 30 00 Caffeine and its salts
  • 2939 41Alkaloids of ephedra and their derivatives; salts thereof | Ephedrine and its salts

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Ephedrine and its salts

    • 2939 41 00 Ephedrine and its salts
  • 2939 42Alkaloids of ephedra and their derivatives; salts thereof | Pseudoephedrine (INN) and its salts

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Pseudoephedrine "INN" and its salts

    • 2939 42 00 Pseudoephedrine (INN) and its salts
  • 2939 43Alkaloids of ephedra and their derivatives; salts thereof | Cathine (INN) and its salts

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Cathine "INN" and its salts

    • 2939 43 00 Cathine (INN) and its salts
  • 2939 44Alkaloids of ephedra and their derivatives; salts thereof | Norephedrine and its salts

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Norephedrine and its salts

    • 2939 44 00 Norephedrine and its salts
  • 2939 45Alkaloids of ephedra and their derivatives; salts thereof | Levometamfetamine, metamfetamine (INN), metamfetamine racemate and their salts

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Levometamfetamine, metamfetamine "INN", metamfetamine racemate and their salts

    • 2939 45 00 Levometamfetamine, metamfetamine (INN), metamfetamine racemate and their salts
  • 2939 49Alkaloids of ephedra and their derivatives; salts thereof | Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Alkaloids of ephedra and their derivatives; salts thereof (excl. ephedrine, pseudoephedrine "INN", cathine "INN", norephedrine, levometamfetamine, metamfetamine "INN", metamfetamine racemate and their salts)

    • 2939 49 00 Other
  • 2939 51Theophylline and aminophylline (theophylline-ethylenediamine) and their derivatives; salts thereof | Fenetylline (INN) and its salts

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Fenetylline "INN" and its salts

    • 2939 51 00 Fenetylline (INN) and its salts
  • 2939 59Theophylline and aminophylline (theophylline-ethylenediamine) and their derivatives; salts thereof | Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Theophylline and aminophylline "theophylline-ethylenediamine" and their derivatives, and salts thereof (excl. fenetylline "INN" and its salts)

    • 2939 59 00 Other
  • 2939 61Alkaloids of rye ergot and their derivatives; salts thereof | Ergometrine (INN) and its salts

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Ergometrine "INN" and its salts

    • 2939 61 00 Ergometrine (INN) and its salts
  • 2939 62Alkaloids of rye ergot and their derivatives; salts thereof | Ergotamine (INN) and its salts

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Ergotamine "INN" and its salts

    • 2939 62 00 Ergotamine (INN) and its salts
  • 2939 63Alkaloids of rye ergot and their derivatives; salts thereof | Lysergic acid and its salts

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Lysergic acid and its salts

    • 2939 63 00 Lysergic acid and its salts
  • 2939 69Alkaloids of rye ergot and their derivatives; salts thereof | Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Alkaloids of rye ergot and their derivatives; salts thereof (excl. lysergic acid, ergotamine and ergometrine, and their salts)

    • 2939 69 00 Other
  • 2939 72Other, of vegetal origin | Cocaine, ecgonine; salts, esters and other derivatives thereof

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Cocaine, ecgonine; salts, esters and other derivatives thereof

    • 2939 72 00 Cocaine, ecgonine; salts, esters and other derivatives thereof
  • 2939 79Other, of vegetal origin | Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Vegetal alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives (excl. alkaloids of opium, alkaloids of cinchons, theophylline, aminophylline "theophylline-ethylenediamine" alkaloids of rye ergot and their salts and derivatives, cocaine, ecgonine, levometamfetamine, metamfetamine "INN", metamfetamine racemate, and salts, esters and other derivatives thereof, caffeine and ephedrines, and their salts, cocaine and ecgonine and salts, esters and other derivatives thereof)

    • 2939 79 10 Nicotine and its salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives thereof
    • 2939 79 90 Other
  • 2939 80Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Non-vegetal alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives

    • 2939 80 00 Other

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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.