HS code 7218: III. STAINLESS STEEL | Stainless steel in ingots
Heading 7218 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
7218III. STAINLESS STEEL | Stainless steel in ingots or other primary forms; semi-finished products of stainless steel
Place in the nomenclature: 72 Iron and steel > 7218
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Stainless steel in ingots or other primary forms (excl. remelting scrap ingots and products obtained by continuous casting); semi-finished products of stainless steel
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 3
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 7
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 7218
- 7218 10Ingots and other primary forms
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Steel, stainless, in ingots and other primary forms (excl. waste and scrap in ingot form, and products obtained by continuous casting)
- 7218 10 00 Ingots and other primary forms
- 7218 91Other | Of rectangular (other than square) cross-section
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Semi-finished products of stainless steel, of rectangular "other than square" cross-section
- 7218 91 10 Containing by weight 2,5 % or more of nickel
- 7218 91 80 Containing by weight less than 2,5 % of nickel
- 7218 99Other | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Semi-finished products of stainless steel (excl. of rectangular [other than square] cross-section)
- 7218 99 11 Of square cross-section | Rolled or obtained by continous casting
- 7218 99 19 Of square cross-section | Forged
- 7218 99 20 Other | Rolled or obtained by continuous casting
- 7218 99 80 Other | Forged
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.