HS code 3815: Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations
Heading 3815 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
3815Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included
Place in the nomenclature: 38 Miscellaneous chemical products > 3815
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, n.e.s. (excl. rubber accelerators)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 4
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 6
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 3815
- 3815 11Supported catalysts | With nickel or nickel compounds as the active substance
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Supported catalysts with nickel or a nickel compound as the active substance, n.e.s.
- 3815 11 00 With nickel or nickel compounds as the active substance
- 3815 12Supported catalysts | With precious metal or precious-metal compounds as the active substance
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Supported catalysts with precious metal or a precious-metal compound as the active substance, n.e.s.
- 3815 12 00 With precious metal or precious-metal compounds as the active substance
- 3815 19Supported catalysts | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Supported catalysts, n.e.s. (excl. with precious metal, a precious-metal compound, nickel or a nickel compound as the active substance)
- 3815 19 10 Catalyst in the form of grains of which 90 % or more by weight have a particle-size not exceeding 10 micrometres, consisting of a mixture of oxides on a magnesium-silicate support, containing by weight: – 20 % or more but not more than 35 % of copper, – 2 % or more but not more than 3 % of bismuth and of an apparent specific gravity of 0,2 or more but not exceeding 1,0
- 3815 19 90 Other
- 3815 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, n.e.s. (excl. rubber accelerators and supported catalysts)
- 3815 90 10 Catalyst consisting of ethyltriphenylphosphonium acetate in the form of a solution in methanol
- 3815 90 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.