HS code 3912: I. PRIMARY FORMS | Cellulose and its chemical
Heading 3912 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
3912I. PRIMARY FORMS | Cellulose and its chemical derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms
Place in the nomenclature: 39 Plastics and articles thereof > 3912
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Cellulose and its chemical derivatives, n.e.s., in primary forms
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 6
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 10
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 3912
- 3912 11Cellulose acetates | Non-plasticised
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Non-plasticised cellulose acetates, in primary forms
- 3912 11 00 Non-plasticised
- 3912 12Cellulose acetates | Plasticised
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Plasticised cellulose acetates, in primary forms
- 3912 12 00 Plasticised
- 3912 20Cellulose nitrates (including collodions)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Cellulose nitrates, incl. collodions, in primary forms
- 3912 20 11 Non-plasticised | Collodions and celloidin
- 3912 20 19 Non-plasticised | Other
- 3912 20 90 Plasticised
- 3912 31Cellulose ethers | Carboxymethylcellulose and its salts
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Carboxymethylcellulose and its salts, in primary forms
- 3912 31 00 Carboxymethylcellulose and its salts
- 3912 39Cellulose ethers | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Cellulose ethers, in primary forms (excl. carboxymethylcellulose and its salts)
- 3912 39 20 Hydroxypropylcellulose
- 3912 39 85 Other
- 3912 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Cellulose and chemical derivatives thereof, n.e.s., in primary forms (excl. cellulose acetates, cellulose nitrates and cellulose ethers)
- 3912 90 10 Cellulose esters
- 3912 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.