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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 3901: I. PRIMARY FORMS | Polymers of ethylene

Heading 3901 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 39, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.

Official description

3901I. PRIMARY FORMS | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms

Place in the nomenclature: 39 Plastics and articles thereof > 3901

Explanatory note (Eurostat)

Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms

Subheadings (6 digits)
5
CN codes (8 digits)
8

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 3901

  • 3901 10Polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0,94

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Polyethylene with a specific gravity of < 0,94, in primary forms

    • 3901 10 10 Linear polyethylene
    • 3901 10 90 Other
  • 3901 20Polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0,94 or more

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Polyethylene with a specific gravity of >= 0,94, in primary forms

    • 3901 20 10 Polyethylene in one of the forms mentioned in note 6(b) to this chapter, of a specific gravity of 0,958 or more at 23 °C, containing: – 50 mg/kg or less of aluminium, – 2 mg/kg or less of calcium, – 2 mg/kg or less of chromium, – 2 mg/kg or less of iron, – 2 mg/kg or less of nickel, – 2 mg/kg or less of titanium, – 8 mg/kg or less of vanadium for the manufacture of chlorosulphonated polyethylene
    • 3901 20 90 Other
  • 3901 30Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, in primary forms

    • 3901 30 00 Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers
  • 3901 40Ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0,94

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of < 0,94 , in primary forms

    • 3901 40 00 Ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0,94
  • 3901 90Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms (excl. polyethylene and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers)

    • 3901 90 30 Ionomer resin consisting of a salt of a terpolymer of ethylene with isobutyl acrylate and methacrylic acid; A-B-A block copolymer of polystyrene, ethylene-butylene copolymer and polystyrene, containing by weight 35 % or less of styrene, in one of the forms mentioned in note 6(b) to this chapter
    • 3901 90 80 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.