HS chapter 38: Miscellaneous chemical products

Headings in chapter 38

• 3801Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures
  • 3801 10 Artificial graphite
  • 3801 20 Colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite
  • 3801 30 Carbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings
  • 3801 90 Other
• 3802Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, whether or not spent

  • 3802 10 Activated carbon
  • 3802 90 Other
• 3803Tall oil, whether or not refined
  • 3803 00 Tall oil, whether or not refined
• 3804Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of heading 3803

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, incl. lignin sulphonates (excl. tall oil, sodium hydroxide "caustic soda" and sulphate pitch)

  • 3804 00 Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of heading 3803
• 3805Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods; crude dipentene; sulphite turpentine and other crude para-cymene; pine oil containing alpha-terpineol as the main constituent
  • 3805 10 Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine oils
  • 3805 90 Other
• 3806Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Rosin, resin acids and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums

  • 3806 10 Rosin and resin acids
  • 3806 20 Salts of rosin, of resin acids or of derivatives of rosin or resin acids, other than salts of rosin adducts
  • 3806 30 Ester gums
  • 3806 90 Other
• 3807Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewer's pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or vegetable pitch (excl. Burgundy pitch, yellow pitch, stearin pitch, fatty acid pitch, fatty tar and glycerin pitch)

  • 3807 00 Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch
• 3808Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers)

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up for retail sale or as preparations or articles, e.g. sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers

  • 3808 52 Goods specified in subheading note 1 to this chapter | DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN)), in packings of a net weight content not exceeding 300 g
  • 3808 59 Goods specified in subheading note 1 to this chapter | Other
  • 3808 61 Goods specified in subheading note 2 to this chapter | In packings of a net weight content not exceeding 300 g
  • 3808 62 Goods specified in subheading note 2 to this chapter | In packings of a net weight content exceeding 300 g but not exceeding 7,5 kg
  • 3808 69 Goods specified in subheading note 2 to this chapter | Other
  • 3808 91 Other | Insecticides
  • 3808 92 Other | Fungicides
  • 3808 93 Other | Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators
  • 3808 94 Other | Disinfectants
  • 3808 99 Other | Other
• 3809Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations such as dressings and mordants of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, n.e.s.

  • 3809 10 With a basis of amylaceous substances
  • 3809 91 Other | Of a kind used in the textile or like industries
  • 3809 92 Other | Of a kind used in the paper or like industries
  • 3809 93 Other | Of a kind used in the leather or like industries
• 3810Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding pastes and powders consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as coatings or cores for welding electrodes or rods

  • 3810 10 Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials
  • 3810 90 Other
• 3811Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils, incl. gasoline, or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils

  • 3811 11 Anti-knock preparations | Based on lead compounds
  • 3811 19 Anti-knock preparations | Other
  • 3811 21 Additives for lubricating oils | Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
  • 3811 29 Additives for lubricating oils | Other
  • 3811 90 Other
• 3812Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, n.e.s.; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics

  • 3812 10 Prepared rubber accelerators
  • 3812 20 Compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics
  • 3812 31 Anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics | Mixtures of oligomers of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline (TMQ)
  • 3812 39 Anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics | Other
• 3813Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades (excl. full or empty fire-extinguishing devices, whether or not portable, unmixed chemically undefined products with fire-extinguishing properties in other forms)

  • 3813 00 Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades
• 3814Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Organic composite solvents and thinners, n.e.s.; prepared paint or varnish removers (excl. nail varnish remover)

  • 3814 00 Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers
• 3815Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, n.e.s. (excl. rubber accelerators)

  • 3815 11 Supported catalysts | With nickel or nickel compounds as the active substance
  • 3815 12 Supported catalysts | With precious metal or precious-metal compounds as the active substance
  • 3815 19 Supported catalysts | Other
  • 3815 90 Other
• 3816Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 3801

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, incl. dolomite ramming mix (excl. preparations based on graphite or other carbonaceous substances)

  • 3816 00 Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 3801
• 3817Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 2707 or 2902

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes produced by the alkylation of benzene and naphthalene (excl. mixed isomers of cyclic hydrocarbons)

  • 3817 00 Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 2707 or 2902
• 3818Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Chemical elements and compounds doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers, cylinders, rods or similar forms, or cut into discs, wafers or similar forms, whether or not polished or with a uniform epitaxial coating (excl. elements that have been further processed, e.g. by selective diffusion)

  • 3818 00 Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics
• 3819Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission not containing petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil, or containing < 70% petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil by weight

  • 3819 00 Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
• 3820Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids (excl. prepared additives for mineral oils or other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils)

  • 3820 00 Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids
• 3821Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms "incl. viruses and the like" or of plant, human or animal cells

  • 3821 00 Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells
• 3822Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 3006; certified reference materials

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits (excl.those of heading 3006); certified reference materials

  • 3822 11 Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits | For malaria
  • 3822 12 Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits | For Zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes
  • 3822 13 Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits | For blood-grouping
  • 3822 19 Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits | Other
  • 3822 90 Other
• 3823Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols
  • 3823 11 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining | Stearic acid
  • 3823 12 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining | Oleic acid
  • 3823 13 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining | Tall oil fatty acids
  • 3823 19 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining | Other
  • 3823 70 Industrial fatty alcohols
• 3824Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations for the chemical or allied industries, incl. mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.

  • 3824 10 Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores
  • 3824 30 Non-agglomerated metal carbides mixed together or with metallic binders
  • 3824 40 Prepared additives for cements, mortars or concretes
  • 3824 50 Non-refractory mortars and concretes
  • 3824 60 Sorbitol other than that of subheading 290544
  • 3824 81 Goods specified in subheading note 3 to this chapter | Containing oxirane (ethylene oxide)
  • 3824 82 Goods specified in subheading note 3 to this chapter | Containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) or polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)
  • 3824 83 Goods specified in subheading note 3 to this chapter | Containing tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate
  • 3824 84 Goods specified in subheading note 3 to this chapter | Containing aldrin (ISO), camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene), chlordane (ISO), chlordecone (ISO), DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane), dieldrin (ISO, INN), endosulfan (ISO), endrin (ISO), heptachlor (ISO) or mirex (ISO)
  • 3824 85 Goods specified in subheading note 3 to this chapter | Containing 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN)
  • 3824 86 Goods specified in subheading note 3 to this chapter | Containing pentachlorobenzene (ISO) or hexachlorobenzene (ISO)
  • 3824 87 Goods specified in subheading note 3 to this chapter | Containing perfluorooctane sulphonic acid, its salts, perfluorooctane sulphonamides, or perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride
  • 3824 88 Goods specified in subheading note 3 to this chapter | Containing tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or octabromodiphenyl ethers
  • 3824 89 Goods specified in subheading note 3 to this chapter | Containing short-chain chlorinated paraffins
  • 3824 91 Other | Mixtures and preparations consisting mainly of (5-ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphinan-5-yl)methyl methyl methylphosphonate and bis[(5-ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphinan-5-yl)methyl] methylphosphonate
  • 3824 92 Other | Polyglycol esters of methylphosphonic acid
  • 3824 99 Other | Other
• 3825Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in note 6 to this chapter

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, n.e.s.; municipal waste; sewage sludge; clinical waste, waste organic solvents, wastes of metal pickling liquors, of hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freeze fluids and other wastes from chemical or allied industries (excl. wastes containing mainly petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals)

  • 3825 10 Municipal waste
  • 3825 20 Sewage sludge
  • 3825 30 Clinical waste
  • 3825 41 Waste organic solvents | Halogenated
  • 3825 49 Waste organic solvents | Other
  • 3825 50 Wastes of metal-pickling liquors, hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freeze fluids
  • 3825 61 Other wastes from chemical or allied industries | Mainly containing organic constituents
  • 3825 69 Other wastes from chemical or allied industries | Other
  • 3825 90 Other
• 3826Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing or containing < 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals

  • 3826 00 Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
• 3827Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included

  Explanatory note (Eurostat): Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, n.e.s.

  • 3827 11 Containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), whether or not containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs); containing hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs); containing carbon tetrachloride; containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform): | Containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), whether or not containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
  • 3827 12 Containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), whether or not containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs); containing hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs); containing carbon tetrachloride; containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform): | Containing hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs)
  • 3827 13 Containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), whether or not containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs); containing hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs); containing carbon tetrachloride; containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform): | Containing carbon tetrachloride
  • 3827 14 Containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), whether or not containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs); containing hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs); containing carbon tetrachloride; containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform): | Containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform)
  • 3827 20 Containing bromochlorodifluoromethane (Halon-1211), bromotrifluoromethane (Halon-1301) or dibromotetrafluoroethanes (Halon-2402)
  • 3827 31 Containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), whether or not containing perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) | Containing substances of subheadings 290341 to 290348
  • 3827 32 Containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), whether or not containing perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) | Other, containing substances of subheadings 290371 to 290375
  • 3827 39 Containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), whether or not containing perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) | Other
  • 3827 40 Containing methyl bromide (bromomethane) or bromochloromethane
  • 3827 51 Containing trifluoromethane (HFC-23) or perfluorocarbons (PFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) | Containing trifluoromethane (HFC-23)
  • 3827 59 Containing trifluoromethane (HFC-23) or perfluorocarbons (PFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) | Other
  • 3827 61 Containing other hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) | Containing 15 % or more by mass of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a)
  • 3827 62 Containing other hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) | Other, not included in the subheading above, containing 55 % or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (HFC- 125) but not containing unsaturated fluorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons (HFOs)
  • 3827 63 Containing other hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) | Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing 40 % or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (HFC-125)
  • 3827 64 Containing other hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) | Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing 30 % or more by mass of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a) but not containing unsaturated fluorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons (HFOs)
  • 3827 65 Containing other hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) | Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing 20 % or more by mass of difluoromethane (HFC-32) and 20 % or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (HFC-125)
  • 3827 68 Containing other hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) | Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing substances of subheadings 290341 to 290348
  • 3827 69 Containing other hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) | Other
  • 3827 90 Other

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