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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 3905: I. PRIMARY FORMS | Polymers of vinyl acetate

Heading 3905 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

3905I. PRIMARY FORMS | Polymers of vinyl acetate or of other vinyl esters, in primary forms; other vinyl polymers in primary forms

Place in the nomenclature: 39 Plastics and articles thereof > 3905

Explanatory note (Eurostat)

Polymers of vinyl acetate or of other vinyl esters, in primary forms; other vinyl polymers, in primary forms

Subheadings (6 digits)
7
CN codes (8 digits)
8

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 3905

  • 3905 12Poly(vinyl acetate) | In aqueous dispersion
    • 3905 12 00 In aqueous dispersion
  • 3905 19Poly(vinyl acetate) | Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Poly"vinyl acetate", in primary forms (excl. in aqueous dispersion)

    • 3905 19 00 Other
  • 3905 21Vinyl acetate copolymers | In aqueous dispersion
    • 3905 21 00 In aqueous dispersion
  • 3905 29Vinyl acetate copolymers | Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Vinyl acetate copolymers, in primary forms (excl. in aqueous dispersion)

    • 3905 29 00 Other
  • 3905 30Poly(vinyl alcohol), whether or not containing unhydrolysed acetate groups

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Poly"vinyl alcohol", in primary forms, whether or not containing unhydrolyzed acetate groups

    • 3905 30 00 Poly(vinyl alcohol), whether or not containing unhydrolysed acetate groups
  • 3905 91Other | Copolymers

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Copolymers of vinyl, in primary forms (excl. vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymers and other vinyl chloride copolymers, and vinyl acetate copolymers)

    • 3905 91 00 Copolymers
  • 3905 99Other | Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Polymers of vinyl esters and other vinyl polymers, in primary forms (excl. those of vinyl chloride or other halogenated olefins, poly"vinyl acetate", vinyl acetate copolymers and poly"vinyl alcohol", whether or not containing unhydrolised acetate groups)

    • 3905 99 10 Poly(vinyl formal), in one of the forms mentioned in note 6(b) to this chapter, of a molecular weight of 10000 or more but not exceeding 40000 and containing by weight: – 9,5 % or more but not more than 13 % of acetyl groups evaluated as vinyl acetate, – 5 % or more but not more than 6,5 % of hydroxy groups evaluated as vinyl alcohol
    • 3905 99 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.