HS code 7203: I. PRIMARY MATERIALS
Heading 7203 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 72, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
7203I. PRIMARY MATERIALS; PRODUCTS IN GRANULAR OR POWDER FORM | Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or similar forms; iron having a minimum purity by weight of 99,94 %, in lumps, pellets or similar forms
Place in the nomenclature: 72 Iron and steel > 7203
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or similar forms; iron having a minimum purity by weight of 99,94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 2
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 2
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 7203
- 7203 10Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms
- 7203 10 00 Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore
- 7203 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Spongy ferrous products, obtained from molten pig iron by atomisation, iron of a purity of >= 99,94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms
- 7203 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.