HTS Codes

HTS Codes / Chapter

Chapter 28

Inorganic chemicals; compounds of precious metals and rare-earth metals

Section VIProducts of the chemical or allied industries

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
2801Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine:
2801.10.00.00ChlorineFree
2801.20.00.00IodineFree
2801.30Fluorine; bromine:
2801.30.10.00Fluorine3.7%
2801.30.20.00Bromine5.5%
2802.00.00.00Sulfur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulfurFree
2803.00.00Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included)Free
2803.00.00.10Carbon black
2803.00.00.50Other
2804Hydrogen, rare gases and other nonmetals:
2804.10.00.00Hydrogen3.7%
2804.21.00.00Argon3.7%
2804.29.00Other3.7%
2804.29.00.10Helium
2804.29.00.20Neon
2804.29.00.30Isotopically pure rare gases having a purity of 99 percent or more by volume
2804.29.00.55Other
2804.30.00.00Nitrogen3.7%
2804.40.00.00Oxygen3.7%
2804.50.00Boron; telluriumFree
2804.50.00.10Boron
2804.50.00.20Tellurium
2804.61.00.00Containing by weight not less than 99.99 percent of siliconFree
2804.69Other:
2804.69.10.00Containing by weight less than 99.99 percent but not less than 99 percent of silicon5.3%
2804.69.50.00Other5.5%
2804.70.00.00PhosphorusFree
2804.80.00.00ArsenicFree
2804.90.00.00SeleniumFree
2805Alkali or alkaline-earth metals; rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury:
2805.11.00.00Sodium5.3%
2805.12.00.00Calcium3%
2805.19Other:
2805.19.10.00Strontium3.7%
2805.19.20.00BariumFree
2805.19.90Other5.5%
2805.19.90.10Lithium
2805.19.90.90Other
2805.30.00Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed5%
2805.30.00.05Lanthanum
2805.30.00.10Cerium
2805.30.00.15Praseodymium
2805.30.00.20Neodymium
2805.30.00.50Other
2805.30.00.90Other
2805.40.00.00Mercury1.7%
2806Hydrogen chloride (Hydrochloric acid); chlorosulfuric acid:
2806.10.00.00Hydrogen chloride (Hydrochloric acid)Free
2806.20.00.00Chlorosulfuric acid4.2%
2807.00.00.00Sulfuric acid; oleumFree
2808.00.00Nitric acid; sulfonitric acidsFree
2808.00.00.10Nitric acid
2808.00.00.20Sulfonitric acids
2809Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid;polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined:
2809.10.00.00Diphosphorus pentaoxideFree
2809.20.00Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acidsFree
2809.20.00.10Containing less than 65 percent available diphosphorus pentaoxide (P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>) equivalents
2809.20.00.20Other
2809.20.00.30Other
2809.20.00.40Polyphosphoric acids
2810.00.00.00Oxides of boron; boric acids1.5%
2811Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of nonmetals:
2811.11.00.00Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)Free
2811.12.00.00Hydrogen cyanide (hydrocyanic acid)4.2%
2811.19Other:
2811.19.10.00Arsenic acid2.3%
2811.19.30.00Hydrobromic acidFree
2811.19.61Other4.2%
2811.19.61.10Sulfamic acid
2811.19.61.90Other
2811.21.00.00Carbon dioxide3.7%
2811.22Silicon dioxide:
2811.22.10.00Synthetic silica gel3.7%
2811.22.50.00OtherFree
2811.29Other:
2811.29.10.00Arsenic trioxideFree
2811.29.20.00Selenium dioxideFree
2811.29.30.00Sulfur dioxide4.2%
2811.29.50.00Other3.7%
2812Halides and halide oxides of nonmetals:
2812.11.00.00Carbonyl dichloride (phosgene)3.7%
2812.12.00.00Phosphorous oxychloride3.7%
2812.13.00.00Phosphorous trichloride3.7%
2812.14.00.00Phosphorous pentachlorideFree
2812.15.00.00Sulfur monochloride3.7%
2812.16.00.00Sulfur dichloride3.7%
2812.17.00.00Thionyl chloride3.7%
2812.19.00Other3.7%
2812.19.00.10Arsenic trichloride
2812.19.00.90Other
2812.90.00Other3.7%
2812.90.00.10Sulfur hexafluoride
2812.90.00.90Other
2813Sulfides of nonmetals; commercial phosphorus trisulfide:
2813.10.00.00Carbon disulfide3.7%
2813.90Other:
2813.90.10.00Of arsenicFree
2813.90.20.00Of phosphorusFree
2813.90.50.00Other3.7%
2814Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution:
2814.10.00.00Anhydrous ammoniaFree
2814.20.00.00Ammonia in aqueous solutionFree
2815Sodium hydroxide (Caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (Caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium:
2815.11.00.00SolidFree
2815.12.00.00In aqueous solution (Soda lye or liquid soda)Free
2815.20.00Potassium hydroxide (Caustic potash)Free
2815.20.00.50In solid form
2815.20.00.90Other
2815.30.00.00Peroxides of sodium or potassium3.7%
2816Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium:
2816.10.00.00Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium3.1%
2816.40Oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium:
2816.40.10.00Of strontium4.2%
2816.40.20.00Of barium2%
2817.00.00.00Zinc oxide; zinc peroxideFree
2818Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminum oxide; aluminum hydroxide:
2818.10Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined:
2818.10.10.00CrudeFree
2818.10.20In grains, or ground, pulverized or refined1.3%
2818.10.20.10White, pink or ruby, containing more than 97.5 percent by weight of aluminum oxide
2818.10.20.90Other
2818.20.00.00Aluminum oxide, other than artificial corundumFree
2818.30.00.00Aluminum hydroxideFree
2819Chromium oxides and hydroxides:
2819.10.00.00Chromium trioxide3.7%
2819.90.00.00Other3.7%
2820Manganese oxides:
2820.10.00.00Manganese dioxide4.7%
2820.90.00.00Other4.7%
2821Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colors containing 70 percent or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>:
2821.10.00Iron oxides and hydroxides3.7%
2821.10.00.10Black
2821.10.00.20Red
2821.10.00.30Yellow
2821.10.00.40Other
2821.10.00.50Other
2821.20.00.00Earth colors5.5%
2822.00.00Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides0.1%
2822.00.00.10Cobalt(II, III) oxide (cobalt tetroxide)
2822.00.00.90Other
2823.00.00.00Titanium oxides5.5%
2824Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead:
2824.10.00.00Lead monoxide (litharge, massicot)3%
2824.90Other:
2824.90.10.00Lead suboxide (leady litharge)5.5%
2824.90.20.00Red lead and orange lead3.4%
2824.90.50.00Other4.8%
2825Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides:
2825.10.00.00Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts3.7%
2825.20.00.00Lithium oxide and hydroxide3.7%
2825.30.00Vanadium oxides and hydroxides5.5%
2825.30.00.10Vanadium pentoxide (anhydride)
2825.30.00.50Other
2825.40.00.00Nickel oxides and hydroxidesFree
2825.50Copper oxides and hydroxides:
2825.50.10.00Cupric oxide4.3%
2825.50.20.00Cuprous oxide5%
2825.50.30.00Copper hydroxides3.9%
2825.60.00Germanium oxides and zirconium dioxide3.7%
2825.60.00.10Germanium dioxide
2825.60.00.20Zirconium dioxide
2825.60.00.50Other
2825.70.00.00Molybdenum oxides and hydroxides3.2%
2825.80.00.00Antimony oxidesFree
2825.90Other:
2825.90.10.00Beryllium oxide and hydroxide3.7%
2825.90.15.00Niobium oxide3.7%
2825.90.20.00Tin oxides4.2%
2825.90.30.00Tungsten oxides5.5%
2825.90.75.00Cadmium oxideFree
2825.90.90.00Other3.7%
2826Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts:
2826.12.00.00Of aluminumFree
2826.19Other:
2826.19.10.00Of ammonium3.1%
2826.19.20.00Of sodium3.7%
2826.19.90.00Other3.9%
2826.30.00.00Sodium hexafluoroaluminate (Synthetic cryolite)Free
2826.90Other:
2826.90.10.00Fluorosilicates of sodium or of potassium4.1%
2826.90.90Other3.1%
2826.90.90.10Lithium hexafluorophosphate
2826.90.90.90Other
2827Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides:
2827.10.00.00Ammonium chloride2.9%
2827.20.00.00Calcium chlorideFree
2827.31.00.00Of magnesium1.5%
2827.32.00.00Of aluminumFree
2827.35.00.00Of nickel3.7%
2827.39Other:
2827.39.10.00Of vanadium5.5%
2827.39.25.00Of tin4.2%
2827.39.30.00Of titanium4.9%
2827.39.40.00Of tungsten5.5%
2827.39.45.00Of barium4.2%
2827.39.55.00Of iron3.7%
2827.39.60.00Of cobalt4.2%
2827.39.65.00Of zinc1.6%
2827.39.90Other3.7%
2827.39.90.10Of lithium
2827.39.90.50Other
2827.41.00.00Of copper3.9%
2827.49Other:
2827.49.10.00Of vanadium5.5%
2827.49.50.00Other5.5%
2827.51.00.00Bromides of sodium or of potassiumFree
2827.59Other:
2827.59.25.00Of ammonium, of calcium or of zincFree
2827.59.51.00Other3.6%
2827.60Iodides and iodide oxides:
2827.60.10.00Of calcium or of copperFree
2827.60.20.00Of potassium2.8%
2827.60.51.00Other4.2%
2828Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites:
2828.10.00.00Commercial calcium hypochlorite and other calcium hypochlorites2.4%
2828.90.00.00Other3.7%
2829Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates:
2829.11.00.00Of sodiumFree
2829.19.01.00Other3.3%
2829.90Other:
2829.90.05.00Potassium bromateFree
2829.90.25.00Sodium bromateFree
2829.90.40.00Of potassium3.1%
2829.90.61.00Other3.7%
2830Sulfides; polysulfides, whether or not chemically defined:
2830.10.00.00Sodium sulfides3.7%
2830.90Other:
2830.90.10.00Zinc sulfide, luminescent grade having a purity of 99.99 percent or more by weightFree
2830.90.15.00Other zinc sulfide2.8%
2830.90.20.00Cadmium sulfide3.1%
2830.90.90.00Other3%
2831Dithionites and sulfoxylates:
2831.10Of sodium:
2831.10.10.00Sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylateFree
2831.10.50.00Other5.5%
2831.90.00.00Other5.5%
2832Sulfites; thiosulfates:
2832.10.00.00Sodium sulfites1.5%
2832.20.00.00Other sulfites3.1%
2832.30Thiosulfates:
2832.30.10.00Sodium thiosulfate1.5%
2832.30.50.00Other3.1%
2833Sulfates; alums; peroxosulfates (persulfates):
2833.11Disodium sulfate:
2833.11.10.00Salt cakeFree
2833.11.50Other0.4%
2833.11.50.10Anhydrous
2833.11.50.50Other
2833.19.00.00OtherFree
2833.21.00.00Of magnesium3.7%
2833.22.00.00Of aluminumFree
2833.24.00.00Of nickel3.2%
2833.25.00.00Of copper1.4%
2833.27.00.00Of barium0.6%
2833.29Other:
2833.29.10.00Of cobalt1.4%
2833.29.20.00Of ironFree
2833.29.30.00Of vanadium5.5%
2833.29.40.00Of chromium3.7%
2833.29.45.00Of zinc1.6%
2833.29.51Other3.7%
2833.29.51.10Of manganese
2833.29.51.90Other
2833.30.00.00Alums1.6%
2833.40Peroxosulfates (persulfates):
2833.40.20.00Of sodium3.7%
2833.40.60Other3.1%
2833.40.60.10Of potassium
2833.40.60.20Of ammonium
2833.40.60.50Other
2834Nitrites; nitrates:
2834.10Nitrites:
2834.10.10.00Of sodium5.5%
2834.10.50.00Other3.1%
2834.21.00.00Of potassiumFree
2834.29Other:
2834.29.05.00Of bismuth5.5%
2834.29.10.00Of calciumFree
2834.29.20.00Of strontium4.2%
2834.29.51.00Other3.5%
2835Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined:
2835.10.00.00Phosphinates (hypophosphites) and phosphonates (phosphites)3.1%
2835.22.00.00Of mono- or disodium1.4%
2835.24.00.00Of potassium3.1%
2835.25.00.00Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate ("Dicalcium phosphate")Free
2835.26.00.00Other phosphates of calciumFree
2835.29Other:
2835.29.10.00Of aluminumFree
2835.29.20.00Of triammonium1.5%
2835.29.30.00Of trisodium2.2%
2835.29.51.00Other4.1%
2835.31.00.00Sodium triphosphate (Sodium tripolyphosphate)1.4%
2835.39Other:
2835.39.10.00Of potassium3.1%
2835.39.50.00Other3.7%
2836Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate:
2836.20.00.00Disodium carbonate1.2%
2836.30.00.00Sodium hydrogencarbonate (Sodium bicarbonate)Free
2836.40Potassium carbonates:
2836.40.10.00Dipotassium carbonate1.9%
2836.40.20.00Potassium hydrogencarbonate (Potassium bicarbonate)1.3%
2836.50.00.00Calcium carbonateFree
2836.60.00.00Barium carbonate2.3%
2836.91.00Lithium carbonates3.7%
2836.91.00.10U.S.P. grade
2836.91.00.50Other
2836.92.00.00Strontium carbonate4.2%
2836.99Other:
2836.99.10.00Cobalt carbonates4.2%
2836.99.20.00Bismuth carbonate5.5%
2836.99.30.00Commercial ammonium carbonate and other ammonium carbonates1.7%
2836.99.40.00Lead carbonates0.5%
2836.99.50Other3.7%
2836.99.50.10Zirconium carbonates
2836.99.50.50Other
2837Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides:
2837.11.00.00Of sodiumFree
2837.19.01OtherFree
2837.19.01.10Potassium cyanide
2837.19.01.15Calcium cyanide
2837.19.01.25Other
2837.20Complex cyanides:
2837.20.10.00Potassium ferricyanide1.1%
2837.20.51.00Other1.7%
2839Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates:
2839.11.00.00Sodium metasilicates1.1%
2839.19.00.00Other1.1%
2839.90Other:
2839.90.10.00Of potassium3.1%
2839.90.50.00Other3.1%
2840Borates; peroxoborates (perborates):
2840.11.00.00Anhydrous0.3%
2840.19.00.00Other0.1%
2840.20.00.00Other borates3.7%
2840.30.00Peroxoborates (perborates)3.7%
2840.30.00.10Sodium perborate
2840.30.00.50Other
2841Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids:
2841.30.00.00Sodium dichromate2.4%
2841.50Other chromates and dichromates; peroxochromates:
2841.50.10.00Potassium dichromate1.5%
2841.50.91.00Other3.1%
2841.61.00.00Potassium permanganate5%
2841.69.00Other5%
2841.69.00.10Sodium permanganate
2841.69.00.90Other
2841.70Molybdates:
2841.70.10.00Of ammonium4.3%
2841.70.50.00Other3.7%
2841.80.00Tungstates (wolframates)5.5%
2841.80.00.10Of ammonium
2841.80.00.20Of calcium
2841.80.00.50Other
2841.90Other:
2841.90.10.00Vanadates5.5%
2841.90.20.00Ammonium perrhenate3.1%
2841.90.30.00Potassium stannate3.1%
2841.90.40.00Aluminates3.1%
2841.90.45.00Chromates of zinc or of lead3.7%
2841.90.50.00Other3.7%
2842Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides:
2842.10.00.00Double or complex silicates, including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined3.7%
2842.90Other:
2842.90.10.00Fulminates, cyanates and thiocyanates3.1%
2842.90.90Other3.3%
2842.90.90.10Selenides and tellurides
2842.90.90.50Other
2843Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals:
2843.10.00.00Colloidal precious metals5.5%
2843.21.00.00Silver nitrate3.7%
2843.29.01.00Other3.7%
2843.30.00.00Gold compounds5%
2843.90.00.00Other compounds; amalgams3.7%
2844Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products:
2844.10Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds:
2844.10.10.00Uranium metal5%
2844.10.20Uranium compoundsFree
2844.10.20.10Oxide
2844.10.20.25Hexafluoride
2844.10.20.55Other
2844.10.50.00Other5%
2844.20.00Uranium 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 productsFree
2844.20.00.10Oxide
2844.20.00.20Fluorides
2844.20.00.30Other
2844.20.00.50Other
2844.30Uranium 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:
2844.30.10.00Thorium compounds5.5%
2844.30.20Uranium compoundsFree
2844.30.20.10Oxide
2844.30.20.20Fluorides
2844.30.20.50Other
2844.30.50Other5%
2844.30.50.10Uranium metal
2844.30.50.50Other
2844.41.00.00Tritium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing tritium or its compoundsFree
2844.42.00.00Actinium-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 compoundsFree
2844.43.00Other radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds; other alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compoundsFree
2844.43.00.10Elements, isotopes and compounds with cobalt-60 radioactivity only
2844.43.00.21Americium-241, californium-252, cesium-137, gadolinium-153, idium-192, promethium-147, radium-226, selenium-75, or ytterbium-169
2844.43.00.28Other
2844.43.00.50Other
2844.44.00.00Radioactive residuesFree
2844.50.00.00Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactorsFree
2845Isotopes other than those of heading 2844; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined:
2845.10.00.00Heavy water (Deuterium oxide)Free
2845.20.00.00Boron enriched in boron-10 and its compoundsFree
2845.30.00.00Lithium enriched in lithium-6 and its compoundsFree
2845.40.00.00Helium-3Free
2845.90.01.00OtherFree
2846Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium, or of mixtures of these metals:
2846.10.00Cerium compounds5.5%
2846.10.00.10Cerium oxides
2846.10.00.50Other
2846.90Other:
2846.90.20Mixtures of rare-earth oxides or of rare-earth chloridesFree
2846.90.20.05Containing lanthanum as the predominant metal
2846.90.20.15Containing yttrium or scandium as the predominant metal
2846.90.20.40Other
2846.90.20.82Containing yttrium or scandium as the predominant metal
2846.90.20.84Other
2846.90.40.00Yttrium bearing materials and compounds containing by weight more than 19 percent but less than 85 percent yttrium oxide equivalentFree
2846.90.80Other3.7%
2846.90.80.70Containing lanthanum as the predominant metal
2846.90.80.75Other
2846.90.80.90Other
2847.00.00.00Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea3.7%
2849Carbides, whether or not chemically defined:
2849.10.00.00Of calcium1.8%
2849.20Of silicon:
2849.20.10.00CrudeFree
2849.20.20.00In grains, or ground, pulverized or refined0.5%
2849.90Other:
2849.90.10.00Of boron3.7%
2849.90.20.00Of chromium4.2%
2849.90.30.00Of tungsten5.5%
2849.90.50.00Other3.7%
2850.00Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of heading 2849:
2850.00.05.00Of calciumFree
2850.00.07.00Of titanium4.9%
2850.00.10.00Of tungsten5.5%
2850.00.20.00Of vanadium5.5%
2850.00.50.00Other3.7%
2852Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams:
2852.10Chemically defined:
2852.10.10.00Mercuric oxide, mercuric cyanide, mercuric oxycyanide and mercuric potassium cyanideFree
2852.10.90.00Other3%
2852.90Other:
2852.90.05.00Albuminates, tannates and phosphides of mercuryFree
2852.90.90.00Other3%
2853Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorous; 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:
2853.10.00.00Cyanogen chloride (chloorcyan)2.8%
2853.90Other:
2853.90.10.00Of copper (phosphor copper), containing more than 15 percent by weight of phosphorous2.6%
2853.90.50.00Of other metals or nonmetalsFree
2853.90.90Other2.8%
2853.90.90.10Gallium arsenide wafers, undoped
2853.90.90.90Other