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CHAPTER 28

INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES

I. CHEMICAL ELEMENTS

28.01 Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine
Chlorine
2801 10 00
Iodine
2801 20 00
Fluorine; bromine
Fluorine
2801 30 10
Bromine
2801 30 90
28.02 Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur
28.03 Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included)
28.04 Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals
Hydrogen
2804 10 00
(
m3
)
Rare gases
Argon
2804 21 00
(
m3
)
Other
Helium
2804 29 10
(
m3
)
Other
2804 29 90
(
m3
)
Nitrogen
2804 30 00
(
m3
)
Oxygen
2804 40 00
(
m3
)
Boron; tellurium
Boron
2804 50 10
Tellurium
2804 50 90
Silicon
Containing by weight not less than 99,99 % of silicon
2804 61 00
Other
2804 69 00
Phosphorus
Red phosphorus
2804 70 10
Other
2804 70 90
Arsenic
2804 80 00
Selenium
2804 90 00
28.05 Alkali or alkaline-earth metals; rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury
Alkali or alkaline-earth metals
Sodium
2805 11 00
Calcium
2805 12 00
Other
Strontium and barium
2805 19 10
Other
2805 19 90
Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed
Intermixtures or interalloys
2805 30 10
Other
Of a purity by weight of 95 % or more
Cerium and lanthanum
2805 30 21
Praseodymium, neodymium and samarium
2805 30 29
Gadolinium, terbium and dysprosium
2805 30 31
Europium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium and yttrium
2805 30 39
Scandium
2805 30 40
Other
2805 30 80
Mercury
In flasks of a net content of 34,5 kg (standard weight), of a fob value, per flask, not exceeding € 224
2805 40 10
Other
2805 40 90

II. INORGANIC ACIDS AND INORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS

28.06 Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid
Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid)
2806 10 00
Chlorosulphuric acid
2806 20 00
28.07 Sulphuric acid; oleum
28.08 Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids
28.09 Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid; polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined
Diphosphorus pentaoxide
2809 10 00
(
kg P2O5
)
Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids
2809 20 00
(
kg P2O5
)
28.10 Oxides of boron; boric acids
Diboron trioxide
2810 00 10
Other
2810 00 90
28.11 Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals
Other inorganic acids
Hydrogen fluoride (hydrofluoric acid)
2811 11 00
Hydrogen cyanide (hydrocyanic acid)
2811 12 00
Other
Hydrogen bromide (hydrobromic acid)
2811 19 10
Other
2811 19 80
Other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals
Carbon dioxide
2811 21 00
Silicon dioxide
2811 22 00
Other
Sulphur dioxide
2811 29 05
Sulphur trioxide (sulphuric anhydride); diarsenic trioxide
2811 29 10
Nitrogen oxides
2811 29 30
Other
2811 29 90

III. HALOGEN OR SULPHUR COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS

28.12 Halides and halide oxides of non-metals
Chlorides and chloride oxides
Carbonyl dichloride (phosgene)
2812 11 00
Phosphorus oxychloride
2812 12 00
Phosphorus trichloride
2812 13 00
Phosphorus pentachloride
2812 14 00
Sulphur monochloride
2812 15 00
Sulphur dichloride
2812 16 00
Thionyl chloride
2812 17 00
Other
Of phosphorus
2812 19 10
Other
2812 19 90
Other
2812 90 00
28.13 Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide
Carbon disulphide
2813 10 00
Other
Phosphorus sulphides, commercial phosphorus trisulphide
2813 90 10
Other
2813 90 90

IV. INORGANIC BASES AND OXIDES, HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES OF METALS

28.14 Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution
Anhydrous ammonia
2814 10 00
Ammonia in aqueous solution
2814 20 00
28.15 Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium
Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda)
Solid
2815 11 00
In aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda)
2815 12 00
(
kg NaOH
)
Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash)
2815 20 00
(
kg KOH
)
Peroxides of sodium or potassium
2815 30 00
28.16 Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium
Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium
2816 10 00
Oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium
2816 40 00
28.17 Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide
28.18 Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide
Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined
With an aluminium oxide content of 98,5 % by weight or more
With less than 50 % of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm
2818 10 11
With 50 % or more of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm
2818 10 19
With an aluminium oxide content of less than 98,5 % by weight
With less than 50 % of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm
2818 10 91
With 50 % or more of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm
2818 10 99
Aluminium oxide, other than artificial corundum
2818 20 00
Aluminium hydroxide
2818 30 00
28.19 Chromium oxides and hydroxides
Chromium trioxide
2819 10 00
Other
Chromium dioxide
2819 90 10
Other
2819 90 90
28.20 Manganese oxides
Manganese dioxide
2820 10 00
Other
Manganese oxide containing by weight 77 % or more of manganese
2820 90 10
Other
2820 90 90
28.21 Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as FeO
Iron oxides and hydroxides
2821 10 00
Earth colours
2821 20 00
28.22 Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides
28.23 Titanium oxides
28.24 Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead
Lead monoxide (litharge, massicot)
2824 10 00
Other
2824 90 00
28.25 Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides
Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts
2825 10 00
Lithium oxide and hydroxide
2825 20 00
Vanadium oxides and hydroxides
2825 30 00
Nickel oxides and hydroxides
2825 40 00
Copper oxides and hydroxides
2825 50 00
Germanium oxides and zirconium dioxide
2825 60 00
Molybdenum oxides and hydroxides
2825 70 00
Antimony oxides
2825 80 00
Other
Calcium oxide, hydroxide and peroxide
Calcium hydroxide of a purity of 98 % or more calculated on the dry weight, in the form of particles of which: – not more than 1 % by weight have a particle-size exceeding 75 micrometres, – not more than 4 % by weight have a particle-size of less than 1,3 micrometres
2825 90 11
Other
2825 90 19
Beryllium oxide and hydroxide
2825 90 20
Tungsten oxides and hydroxides
2825 90 40
Cadmium oxide
2825 90 60
Other
2825 90 85

V. SALTS AND PEROXYSALTS, OF INORGANIC ACIDS AND METALS

28.26 Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts
Fluorides
Of aluminium
2826 12 00
Other
Of ammonium or of sodium
2826 19 10
Other
2826 19 90
Sodium hexafluoroaluminate (synthetic cryolite)
2826 30 00
Other
Dipotassium hexafluorozirconate
2826 90 10
Other
2826 90 80
28.27 Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides
Ammonium chloride
2827 10 00
Calcium chloride
2827 20 00
Other chlorides
Of magnesium
2827 31 00
Of aluminium
2827 32 00
Of nickel
2827 35 00
Other
Of tin
2827 39 10
Of iron
2827 39 20
Of cobalt
2827 39 30
Other
2827 39 85
Chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides
Of copper
2827 41 00
Other
Of lead
2827 49 10
Other
2827 49 90
Bromides and bromide oxides
Bromides of sodium or of potassium
2827 51 00
Other
2827 59 00
Iodides and iodide oxides
2827 60 00
28.28 Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites
Commercial calcium hypochlorite and other calcium hypochlorites
2828 10 00
Other
2828 90 00
28.29 Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates
Chlorates
Of sodium
2829 11 00
Other
2829 19 00
Other
Perchlorates
2829 90 10
Bromates of potassium or of sodium
2829 90 40
Other
2829 90 80
28.30 Sulphides; polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined
Sodium sulphides
2830 10 00
Other
Sulphides of calcium, of antimony or of iron
2830 90 11
Other
2830 90 85
28.31 Dithionites and sulphoxylates
Of sodium
2831 10 00
Other
2831 90 00
28.32 Sulphites; thiosulphates
Sodium sulphites
2832 10 00
Other sulphites
2832 20 00
Thiosulphates
2832 30 00
28.33 Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates)
Sodium sulphates
Disodium sulphate
2833 11 00
Other
2833 19 00
Other sulphates
Of magnesium
2833 21 00
Of aluminium
2833 22 00
Of nickel
2833 24 00
Of copper
2833 25 00
Of barium
2833 27 00
Other
Of cadmium; of chromium; of zinc
2833 29 20
Of cobalt; of titanium
2833 29 30
Of lead
2833 29 60
Other
2833 29 80
Alums
2833 30 00
Peroxosulphates (persulphates)
2833 40 00
28.34 Nitrites; nitrates
Nitrites
2834 10 00
Nitrates
Of potassium
2834 21 00
Other
Of barium; of beryllium; of cadmium; of cobalt; of nickel; of lead
2834 29 20
Of copper
2834 29 40
Other
2834 29 80
28.35 Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined
Phosphinates (hypophosphites) and phosphonates (phosphites)
2835 10 00
Phosphates
Of mono- or disodium
2835 22 00
Of potassium
2835 24 00
Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate (dicalcium phosphate)
2835 25 00
Other phosphates of calcium
2835 26 00
Other
Of triammonium
2835 29 10
Of trisodium
2835 29 30
Other
2835 29 90
Polyphosphates
Sodium triphosphate (sodium tripolyphosphate)
2835 31 00
Other
2835 39 00
28.36 Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate
Disodium carbonate
2836 20 00
Sodium hydrogencarbonate (sodium bicarbonate)
2836 30 00
Potassium carbonates
2836 40 00
Calcium carbonate
2836 50 00
Barium carbonate
2836 60 00
Other
Lithium carbonates
2836 91 00
Strontium carbonate
2836 92 00
Other
Carbonates
Of magnesium; of copper
2836 99 11
Other
2836 99 17
Peroxocarbonates (percarbonates)
2836 99 90
28.37 Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides
Cyanides and cyanide oxides
Of sodium
2837 11 00
Other
2837 19 00
Complex cyanides
2837 20 00
28.39 Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates
Of sodium
Sodium metasilicates
2839 11 00
Other
2839 19 00
Other
2839 90 00
28.40 Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)
Disodium tetraborate (refined borax)
Anhydrous
2840 11 00
Other
Disodium tetraborate pentahydrate
2840 19 10
Other
2840 19 90
Other borates
Borates of sodium, anhydrous
2840 20 10
Other
2840 20 90
Peroxoborates (perborates)
2840 30 00
28.41 Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids
Sodium dichromate
2841 30 00
Other chromates and dichromates; peroxochromates
2841 50 00
Manganites, manganates and permanganates
Potassium permanganate
2841 61 00
Other
2841 69 00
Molybdates
2841 70 00
Tungstates (wolframates)
2841 80 00
Other
Zincates and vanadates
2841 90 30
Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxides
2841 90 40
Other
2841 90 70
28.42 Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides
Double or complex silicates, including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined
2842 10 00
Other
Salts, double salts or complex salts of selenium or tellurium acids
2842 90 10
Lithium iron phosphate
2842 90 20
Other
2842 90 70

VI. MISCELLANEOUS

28.43 Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals
Colloidal precious metals
Silver
2843 10 10
Other
2843 10 90
Silver compounds
Silver nitrate
2843 21 00
Other
2843 29 00
Gold compounds
2843 30 00
(
g
)
Other compounds; amalgams
Amalgams
2843 90 10
Other
2843 90 90
(
g
)
28.44 Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products
Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds
Natural uranium
Crude; waste and scrap ()
2844 10 10
(
kg U
)
Worked ()
2844 10 30
(
kg U
)
Ferro-uranium
2844 10 50
(
kg U
)
Other ()
2844 10 90
(
kg U
)
Uranium enriched in U 235 and its compounds; plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U 235, plutonium or compounds of these products
Uranium enriched in U 235 and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U 235 or compounds of these products
Ferro-uranium
2844 20 25
(
gi F/S
)
Other ()
2844 20 35
(
gi F/S
)
Plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing plutonium or compounds of these products
Mixtures of uranium and plutonium
Ferro-uranium
2844 20 51
(
gi F/S
)
Other ()
2844 20 59
(
gi F/S
)
Other
2844 20 99
(
gi F/S
)
Uranium depleted in U 235 and its compounds; thorium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U 235, thorium or compounds of these products
Uranium depleted in U 235; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U 235 or compounds of this product
Cermets
2844 30 11
Other
2844 30 19
Thorium; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing thorium or compounds of this product
Cermets
2844 30 51
Other
Crude, waste and scrap ()
2844 30 55
Worked
Bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, sheets and strips ()
2844 30 61
Other ()
2844 30 69
Compounds of uranium depleted in U 235 or of thorium, whether or not mixed together
Of thorium or of uranium depleted in U 235, whether or not mixed together (), other than thorium salts
2844 30 91
Other
2844 30 99
Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of subheading 284410, 284420 or 284430; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues
Tritium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing tritium or its compounds
Artificial radioactive isotope (); compounds of artificial radioactive isotope ()
2844 41 10
Other
2844 41 90
Actinium-225, actinium-227, californium-253, curium-240, curium-241, curium-242, curium-243, curium-244, einsteinium-253, einsteinium-254, gadolinium-148, polonium-208, polonium-209, polonium-210, radium-223, uranium-230 or uranium-232, and their compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements or compounds
Artificial radioactive isotopes (); compounds of artificial radioactive isotopes ()
2844 42 10
Other
2844 42 90
Other radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds; other alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds
Uranium-233 and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium-233 or its compounds
2844 43 10
Artificial radioactive isotopes (); compounds of artificial radioactive isotopes ()
2844 43 20
Other
2844 43 80
Radioactive residues
2844 44 00
Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors ()
2844 50 00
(
gi F/S
)
28.45 Isotopes other than those of heading 2844; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined
Heavy water (deuterium oxide) ()
2845 10 00
Boron enriched in boron-10 and its compounds
2845 20 00
Lithium enriched in lithium-6 and its compounds
2845 30 00
Helium-3
2845 40 00
Other
Deuterium and compounds thereof; hydrogen and compounds thereof, enriched in deuterium; mixtures and solutions containing these products ()
2845 90 10
Other
2845 90 90
28.46 Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals
Cerium compounds
2846 10 00
Other
Scandium compounds
2846 90 30
Lanthanum compounds
2846 90 40
Compounds of praseodymium, neodymium or samarium
2846 90 50
Compounds of gadolinium, terbium or dysprosium
2846 90 60
Compounds of europium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium or yttrium
2846 90 70
Compounds of mixtures of metals
2846 90 90
28.47 Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea
28.49 Carbides, whether or not chemically defined
Of calcium
2849 10 00
Of silicon
2849 20 00
Other
Of boron
2849 90 10
Of tungsten
2849 90 30
Of aluminium; of chromium; of molybdenum; of vanadium; of tantalum; of titanium
2849 90 50
Other
2849 90 90
28.50 Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of heading 2849
Hydrides; nitrides
2850 00 20
Azides; silicides
2850 00 60
Borides
2850 00 90
28.52 Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams
Chemically defined
2852 10 00
Other
2852 90 00
28.53 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; amalgams, other than amalgams of precious metals
Cyanogen chloride (chlorcyan)
2853 10 00
Other
Distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity
2853 90 10
Liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air
2853 90 30
Other
2853 90 90