HS code 3502: Albumins
Heading 3502 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 35, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
3502Albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80 % whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter), albuminates and other albumin derivatives
Place in the nomenclature: 35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes > 3502
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Albumins, incl. concentrates of two or more whey proteins containing by weight > 80% whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter, albuminates and other albumin derivatives
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 4
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 10
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 3502
- 3502 11Egg albumin | Dried
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Egg albumin, dried "e.g. in sheets, scales, flakes, powder"
- 3502 11 10 Unfit, or to be rendered unfit, for human consumption
- 3502 11 90 Other
- 3502 19Egg albumin | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Egg albumin (excl. dried [e.g. in sheets, scales, flakes, powder])
- 3502 19 10 Unfit, or to be rendered unfit, for human consumption
- 3502 19 90 Other
- 3502 20Milk albumin, including concentrates of two or more whey proteins
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Milk albumin "lactalbumin", incl. concentrates of two or more whey proteins containing by weight > 80% whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter
- 3502 20 10 Unfit, or to be rendered unfit, for human consumption
- 3502 20 91 Other | Dried (for example, in sheets, scales, flakes, powder)
- 3502 20 99 Other | Other
- 3502 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Albumins, albuminates and other albumin derivatives (excl. egg albumin and milk albumin [incl. concentrates of two or more whey proteins containing by weight > 80% whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter], and organic or inorganic compounds of mercury whether or not chemically defined)
- 3502 90 20 Albumins, other than egg albumin and milk albumin (lactalbumin) | Unfit, or to be rendered unfit, for human consumption
- 3502 90 70 Albumins, other than egg albumin and milk albumin (lactalbumin) | Other
- 3502 90 90 Albuminates and other albumin derivatives
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.