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Section VI - Chapter 28
Inorganic Chemicals; Organic or Inorganic Compounds of Precious Metals, of Rare-Earth Metals, of Radioactive Elements or of Isotopes
Notes
1. Except where the context other
(a). Separate chemical elements and separate chemically defined compounds, whether or not containing impurities;
(b). The products mentioned in (a) above dissolved in water;
(c). Products mentioned in (a) above dissolved in other solvents provided that the solution constitutes a normal and necessary method o
(d). The products mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above with an added stabilizer (including an anticaking agent) necessary for their prese
(e). The products mentioned in (a), (b), (c) or (d) above with an added antidusting agent or a coloring substance added to facilitate t
2. In addition to dithionites and
(a). Oxides of carbon, hydrogen cyanide and fulminic, isocyanic, thiocyanic and other simple or complex cyanogen acids (heading 2811);
(b). Halide oxides of carbon (heading 2812);
(c). Carbon disulfide (heading 2813);
(d). Thiocarbonates, selenocarbonates, tellurocarbonates, selenocyanates, tellurocyanates, tetrathiocyanatodiamminochromates (reineckate
(e). Hydrogen peroxide, solidified with urea (heading 2847), carbon oxysulfide, thiocarbonyl halides, cyanogen, cyanogen halides and cya
3. Subject to the provisions of n
(a). Sodium chloride and magnesium oxide, whether or not pure, and other productsof section V;
(b). Organo-inorganic compounds other than those mentioned in note 2 above;
(c). Products mentioned in note 2, 3, 4, or 5 to chapter 31;
(d). Inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, of heading 3206; glass frit and other glass in the form of powder, granules, or
(e). Artificial graphite (heading 3801); products put up as charges for fire-extinguishers or put up in fire-extinguishing grenades, of
(f). Precious or semiprecious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) or dust or powder of such stones (headings 7102 to 7105), and
(g). The metals, whether or not pure, metal alloys or cermets, including sintered metal carbides (metal carbides sintered with a metal),
(h). Optical elements, for example, of the halides of the alkali or alkaline-earth metals (heading 9001).
4. Chemically defined complex acid
5. Headings 2826 to 2842 apply onl
6. Heading 2844 applies only to:
(a). Technetium (atomic No. 43), promethium (atomic No. 61), polonium (atomic No. 84) and all elements with an atomic number greater tha
(b). Natural or artificial radioactive isotopes (including those of the precious metals or of the base metals of sections XIV and XV), w
(c). Compounds, inorganic or organic, of these elements or isotopes, whether or not chemically defined, whether or not mixed together;
(d). Alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements or isotopes or inorganic or organi
(e). Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors;
(f). Radioactive residues whether or not usable. The term "isotope", for the purposes of this note and of the wording of headings 2844 a
(i). individual nuclides, excluding, however, those existing in nature in themonoisotopic state;
(ii). mixtures of isotopes of one and the same element, enriched in one or several of the said isotopes, that is, elements of which the natural isotopic composition has been artificially modified.
7. Heading 2853 includes copper ph
8. Chemical elements (for example,
Subheading Note
1. For the purposes of subheading

Schedule B No. and HeadingsCommodity DescriptionUnit of QuantitySecond Quantity
28 Inorganic Chemicals; Organic or Inorganic Compounds of Precious Metals, of Rare-Earth Metals, of Radioactive Elements or of Isotopes
2801 - Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine:
2801.10.0000 - - Chlorine kg
2801.20.0000 - - Iodine kg
2801.30.1000 - - Fluorine kg
2801.30.2000 - - Bromine kg
2802.00.0000 - Sulfur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulfur t
2803 - Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included):
2803.00.0010 - - Carbon black kg
2803.00.0050 - - Other kg
2804 - Hydrogen, rare gases and other nonmetals:
2804.10.0000 - - Hydrogen Ths m3
- - Rare gases:
2804.21.0000 - - - Argon Ths m3
2804.29 - - - Other:
2804.29.0010 - - - - Helium Ths m3
2804.29.0050 - - - - Other Ths m3
2804.30.0000 - - Nitrogen Ths m3
2804.40.0000 - - Oxygen Ths m3
2804.50.0010 - - Boron kg
2804.50.0020 - - Tellurium kg
- - Silicon:
2804.61.0000 - - - Containing by weight not less than 99.99 percent of silicon kg
2804.69 - - - Other:
2804.69.1000 - - - - Containing by weight less than 99.99 percent but not less than 99 percent silicon kg Si kg
2804.69.5000 - - - - Other kg Si kg
2804.70.0000 - - Phosphorus kg
2804.80.0000 - - Arsenic kg
2804.90.0000 - - Selenium kg
2805 - Alkali or alkaline-earth metals; rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury:
- - Alkali metals or alkaline-earth metals:
2805.11.0000 - - - Sodium kg
2805.12.0000 - - - Calcium kg
2805.19 - - - Other:
2805.19.3050 - - - - Strontium and barium kg
2805.19.9000 - - - - Other kg
2805.30.0000 - - Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed kg
2805.40.0000 - - Mercury kg
2806 - Hydrogen chloride (Hydrochloric acid); chlorosulfuric acid:
2806.10.0000 - - Hydrogen chloride (Hydrochloric acid) t
2806.20.0000 - - Chlorosulfuric acid kg
2807.00.0000 - Sulfuric acid; oleum t
2808.00.0000 - Nitric acid; sulfonitric acids kg
2809 - Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid; polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined:
2809.10.0000 - - Diphosphorus pentaoxide kg
2809.20 - - Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids:
- - - Phosphoric acids:
- - - - Fertilizer grade:
2809.20.0010 - - - - - Less than 65 percent available diphosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) equivalents t
2809.20.0020 - - - - - Other t
2809.20.0030 - - - - Other t
2809.20.0040 - - - Polyphosphoric acids t
2810.00.0000 - Oxides of boron; boric acids t
2811 - Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of nonmetals:
- - Other inorganic acids:
2811.11.0000 - - - Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) kg
2811.12.0000 - - - Hydrogen cyanide (Hydrocyanic acid) kg
2811.19.0002 - - - Other kg
- - Other inorganic oxygen compounds of nonmetals:
2811.21.0000 - - - Carbon dioxide t
2811.22.0000 - - - Silicon dioxide kg
2811.29 - - - Other:
2811.29.3000 - - - - Sulfur dioxide kg
2811.29.9000 - - - - Other kg
2812 - Halides and halide oxides of nonmetals:
- - Chlorides and chloride oxides:
2812.11.0000 - - - Carbonyl dichloride (phosgene) kg
2812.12.0000 - - - Phosphorus oxychloride kg
2812.13.0000 - - - Phosphorus trichloride kg
2812.14.0000 - - - Phosphorus pentachloride kg
2812.15.0000 - - - Sulfur monochloride kg
2812.16.0000 - - - Sulfur dichloride kg
2812.17.0000 - - - Thionyl chloride kg
2812.19.0000 - - - Other kg
2812.90.0000 - - Other kg
2813 - Sulfides of nonmetals; commercial phosphorus trisulfide:
2813.10.0000 - - Carbon disulfide kg
2813.90 - - Other:
2813.90.2000 - - - Of phosphorus kg
2813.90.6000 - - - Other kg
2814 - Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution:
2814.10.0000 - - Anhydrous ammonia t
2814.20.0000 - - Ammonia in aqueous solution t NH3 t
2815 - Sodium hydroxide (Caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (Caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium:
- - Sodium hydroxide (Caustic soda):
2815.11.0000 - - - Solid kg
2815.12.0000 - - - In aqueous solution (Soda lye or liquid soda) kg NaOH kg
2815.20 - - Potassium hydroxide (Caustic potash):
2815.20.0050 - - - In solid form kg
2815.20.0090 - - - Other kg
2815.30.0000 - - Peroxides of sodium or potassium kg
2816 - Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium:
2816.10.0000 - - Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium kg
2816.40 - - Oxides, hydroxides, and peroxides of strontium or barium:
2816.40.1000 - - - Of strontium kg
2816.40.2000 - - - Of barium kg
2817.00.0000 - Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide kg
2818 - Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminum oxide; aluminum hydroxide:
2818.10.0000 - - Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined kg
2818.20.0000 - - Aluminum oxide, other than artificial corundum kg
2818.30.0000 - - Aluminum hydroxide kg
2819 - Chromium oxides and hydroxides:
2819.10.0000 - - Chromium trioxide kg
2819.90.0000 - - Other kg
2820 - Manganese oxides:
2820.10.0000 - - Manganese dioxide kg
2820.90.0000 - - Other kg
2821 - Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colors containing 70 percent or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3:
2821.10 - - Iron oxides and hydroxides:
2821.10.0005 - - - Synthetic pigments kg
2821.10.0050 - - - Other kg
2821.20.0000 - - Earth colors kg
2822.00.0000 - Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides kg
2823.00.0000 - Titanium oxides kg
2824 - Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead:
2824.10.0000 - - Lead monoxide (Litharge, massicot) kg
2824.90 - - Other:
2824.90.2000 - - - Red lead and orange lead kg
2824.90.9000 - - - Other kg
2825 - Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other in- organic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides:
2825.10.0000 - - Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts kg
2825.20.0000 - - Lithium oxide and hydroxide kg
2825.30 - - Vanadium oxides and hydroxides:
2825.30.0010 - - - Vanadium pentoxide V kg
2825.30.0050 - - - Other V kg
2825.40.0000 - - Nickel oxides and hydroxides kg
2825.50.0000 - - Copper oxides and hydroxides kg
2825.60.0000 - - Germanium oxides and zirconium dioxide kg
2825.70.0000 - - Molybdenum oxides and hydroxides kg
2825.80.0000 - - Antimony oxides kg
2825.90.0002 - - Other kg
2826 - Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts:
- - Fluorides:
2826.12.0000 - - - Of aluminum kg
2826.19 - - - Other:
2826.19.1500 - - - - Of ammonium or of sodium kg
2826.19.9010 - - - - Of potassium kg
2826.19.9080 - - - - Other kg
2826.30.0000 - - Sodium hexafluoroaluminate (Synthetic cryolite) t
2826.90 - - Other:
2826.90.1000 - - - Fluorosilicates of sodium or of potassium kg
2826.90.9000 - - - Other kg
2827 - Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides:
2827.10.0000 - - Ammonium chloride kg
2827.20.0000 - - Calcium chloride kg
- - Other chlorides:
2827.31.0000 - - - Of magnesium kg
2827.32.0000 - - - Of aluminum kg
2827.35.0000 - - - Of nickel kg
2827.39 - - - Other:
2827.39.2500 - - - - Of tin kg
2827.39.4500 - - - - Of barium kg
2827.39.5500 - - - - Of iron kg
2827.39.6000 - - - - Of cobalt kg
2827.39.6500 - - - - Of zinc kg
2827.39.9150 - - - - Other kg
- - Chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides:
2827.41.0000 - - - Of copper kg
2827.49.0000 - - - Other kg
- - Bromides and bromide oxides:
2827.51.0000 - - - Bromides of sodium or of potassium kg
2827.59.0000 - - - Other kg
2827.60 - - Iodides and iodide oxides:
2827.60.2000 - - - Of potassium kg
2827.60.6100 - - - Other kg
2828 - Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites:
2828.10.0000 - - Commercial calcium hypochlorite and other calcium hypochlorites kg
2828.90.0000 - - Other kg
2829 - Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates:
- - Chlorates:
2829.11.0000 - - - Of sodium kg
2829.19.0000 - - - Other kg
2829.90.0000 - - Other kg
2830 - Sulfides; polysulfides, whether or not chemically defined:
2830.10.0000 - - Sodium sulfides kg
2830.90 - - Other:
2830.90.1000 - - - Zinc sulfide, luminescent grade having a purity of 99.99 percent or more by weight kg
2830.90.1500 - - - Other zinc sulfide kg
2830.90.2000 - - - Cadmium sulfide kg
2830.90.9000 - - - Other kg
2831 - Dithionites and sulfoxylates:
2831.10 - - Of sodium:
2831.10.1000 - - - Sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate kg
2831.10.5000 - - - Other kg
2831.90.0000 - - Other kg
2832 - Sulfites; thiosulfates:
2832.10.0000 - - Sodium sulfites kg
2832.20.0000 - - Other sulfites kg
2832.30.0000 - - Thiosulfates kg
2833 - Sulfates; alums; peroxosulfates (Persulfates):
- - Sodium sulfates:
2833.11 - - - Disodium sulfate:
2833.11.1000 - - - - Salt cake t
2833.11.5000 - - - - Other kg
2833.19.0000 - - - Other kg
- - Other sulfates:
2833.21.0000 - - - Of magnesium kg
2833.22.0000 - - - Of aluminum kg
2833.24.0000 - - - Of nickel kg
2833.25.0000 - - - Of copper Cu kg
2833.27.0000 - - - Of barium kg
2833.29 - - - Other:
2833.29.4000 - - - - Of chromium kg
2833.29.4500 - - - - Of zinc kg
2833.29.9100 - - - - Other kg
2833.30.0000 - - Alums kg
2833.40.0000 - - Peroxosulfates (Persulfates) kg
2834 - Nitrites; nitrates:
2834.10.0000 - - Nitrites kg
- - Nitrates:
2834.21.0000 - - - Of potassium t
2834.29 - - - Other:
2834.29.0500 - - - - Of bismuth kg
2834.29.6150 - - - - Other kg
2835 - Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites), and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined:
2835.10.0000 - - Phosphinates (hypophosphites) and phosphonates (phosphites) kg
- - Phosphates:
2835.22.0000 - - - Of mono- or disodium kg
2835.24.0000 - - - Of potassium kg
2835.25.0000 - - - Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate ("Dicalcium phosphate") kg
2835.26.0000 - - - Other phosphates of calcium kg
2835.29 - - - Other:
2835.29.2000 - - - - Of triammonium kg
2835.29.3000 - - - - Of trisodium kg
2835.29.9050 - - - - Other kg
- - Polyphosphates:
2835.31.0000 - - - Sodium triphosphate (Sodium tripolyphosphate) kg
2835.39.0000 - - - Other kg
2836 - Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (Percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate:
2836.20.0000 - - Disodium carbonate kg
2836.30.0000 - - Sodium hydrogencarbonate (Sodium bicarbonate) kg
2836.40.0000 - - Potassium carbonates kg
2836.50.0000 - - Calcium carbonate kg
2836.60.0000 - - Barium carbonate kg
- - Other:
2836.91 - - - Lithium carbonates:
2836.91.0010 - - - - Pharmaceutical grade kg
2836.91.0050 - - - - Other kg
2836.92.0000 - - - Strontium carbonate kg
2836.99 - - - Other:
2836.99.2000 - - - - Bismuth carbonate kg
2836.99.3000 - - - - Commercial ammonium carbonate and other ammonium carbonates. kg
2836.99.4000 - - - - Lead carbonates kg
2836.99.9050 - - - - Other kg
2837 - Cyanides, and cyanide oxides and complex cyanides:
- - Cyanides, cyanide oxides:
2837.11.0000 - - - Of sodium kg
2837.19 - - - Other:
2837.19.0110 - - - - Potassium cyanide kg
2837.19.0120 - - - - Other kg
2837.20.0100 - - Complex cyanides kg
2839 - Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates:
- - Of sodium:
2839.11.0000 - - - Sodium metasilicates kg
2839.19.0000 - - - Other kg
2839.90 - - Other:
2839.90.1000 - - - Of potassium kg
2839.90.5000 - - - Other kg
2840 - Borates; peroxoborates (Perborates):
- - Disodium tetraborate (refined borax):
2840.11.0000 - - - Anhydrous kg
2840.19.0000 - - - Other kg
2840.20.0000 - - Other borates kg
2840.30.0000 - - Peroxoborates (Perborates) kg
2841 - Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids:
2841.30.0000 - - Sodium dichromate kg
2841.50 - - Other chromates and dichromates; peroxochromates:
2841.50.1000 - - - Potassium dichromate kg
2841.50.9100 - - - Other kg
- - Manganites, manganates and permanganetes:
2841.61.0000 - - - Potassium permanganate kg
2841.69 - - - Other:
2841.69.0010 - - - - Sodium permanganate kg
2841.69.0090 - - - - Other kg
2841.70.0000 - - Molybdates (molybdenum content) Mo kg
2841.80 - - Tungstates (Wolframates):
2841.80.0010 - - - Of ammonium (tungsten content) W kg
2841.80.0040 - - - Other (tungsten content) W kg
2841.90 - - Other:
2841.90.4000 - - - Aluminates kg
2841.90.4500 - - - Chromates of zinc or of lead kg
2841.90.9000 - - - Other kg
2842 - Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides:
2842.10.0000 - - Double or complex silicates, including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined kg
2842.90 - - Other:
2842.90.1000 - - - Fulminates, cyanates and thiocyanates kg
2842.90.9000 - - - Other kg
2843 - Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals:
2843.10.0000 - - Colloidal precious metals g
- - Silver compounds:
2843.21.0000 - - - Silver nitrate kg
2843.29.0100 - - - Other kg
2843.30.0000 - - Gold compounds kg
2843.90.0000 - - Other compounds; amalgams kg
2844 - Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products:
2844.10 - - Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds:
2844.10.1000 - - - Uranium metal kg
- - - Uranium compounds:
2844.10.2010 - - - - Uranium oxide kg
2844.10.2020 - - - - Fluorides kg
2844.10.2050 - - - - Other kg
2844.10.5000 - - - Other kg
2844.20 - - Uranium enriched in U235 and its compounds; plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U235, plutonium or compounds of these products:
- - - Uranium compounds:
2844.20.0010 - - - - Uranium oxide kg
2844.20.0020 - - - - Uranium fluorides kg
2844.20.0030 - - - - Other kg
2844.20.0050 - - - Other kg
2844.30 - - Uranium depleted in U235 and its compounds; thorium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U235, thorium or compounds of these products:
2844.30.1000 - - - Thorium compounds kg
- - - Uranium compounds:
2844.30.2010 - - - - Uranium oxide kg
2844.30.2060 - - - - Other kg
2844.30.5000 - - - Other X
2844.40 - - Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of subheadings 2844.10, 2844.20 or 2844.30; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues:
2844.40.0010 - - - Elements, isotopes and compounds with cobalt-60 radioactivity only GBq
2844.40.0020 - - - Other elements, isotopes, and compounds MBq
2844.40.0050 - - - Other X
2844.50.0000 - - Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors kg
2845 - Isotopes other than those of heading 2844; compounds, in- organic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined:
2845.10.0000 - - Heavy water (Deuterium oxide) kg
2845.90.0000 - - Other kg
2846 - Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals:
2846.10.0000 - - Cerium compounds kg
2846.90 - - Other:
- - - Mixtures of rare-earth oxides or of rare-earth chlorides:
- - - - Rare-earth oxides except cerium oxides:
2846.90.2005 - - - - - Containing lanthanum as the predominant metal kg
2846.90.2015 - - - - - Containing yttrium or scandium as the predominant metal kg
2846.90.2040 - - - - - Other kg
2846.90.2060 - - - - Other kg
2846.90.9000 - - - Other kg
2847.00.0000 - Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea kg
2849 - Carbides, whether or not chemically defined:
2849.10.0000 - - Of calcium kg
2849.20 - - Of silicon:
2849.20.1000 - - - Crude kg
2849.20.2000 - - - In grains, or ground, pulverized or refined kg
2849.90 - - Other:
2849.90.1000 - - - Of boron kg
2849.90.3000 - - - Of tungsten W kg
2849.90.6000 - - - Other kg
2850.00.0000 - Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of heading 2849 kg
2852 - Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams:
2852.10.0000 - - Chemically defined kg
2852.90.0000 - - Other kg
2853 - Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus; other inorganic compounds (including distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air; amalga
2853.10.0000 - - Cyanogen chloride (chlorcyan) kg
2853.90 - - Other:
- - - Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorous:
2853.90.1000 - - - - Of copper (phosphor copper), containing more than 15 percent by weight of phosphorous kg
2853.90.5000 - - - - Of other metals or of nonmetals kg
2853.90.9000 - - - Other kg

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