HS code 3801: Artificial graphite
Heading 3801 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 38, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
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
Place in the nomenclature: 38 Miscellaneous chemical products > 3801
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 4
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 6
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 3801
- 3801 10Artificial graphite
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Artificial graphite (excl. retort graphite, retort carbon and goods of artificial graphite, incl. refractory materials based on artificial graphite)
- 3801 10 10 Powders containing not more than 0,05 % of ash by weight
- 3801 10 90 Other
- 3801 20Colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite
- 3801 20 10 Colloidal graphite in suspension in oil; semi-colloidal graphite
- 3801 20 90 Other
- 3801 30Carbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings
- 3801 30 00 Carbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings
- 3801 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures (excl. carbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings)
- 3801 90 00 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.