Chapter 38
  MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
  Notes.
  1. This Chapter does not cover:
  (a) Separate chemically defined elements or compounds with the exception of the following:
  (1) Artificial graphite (heading 38.01);
  (2) Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant- growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up as described in heading 38.08;
  (3) Products put up as charges for fire-extinguishers or put up in fire-extinguishing grenades (heading 38.13);
  (4) Certified reference materials specified in Note 2 below;
  (5) Products specified in Note 3 (a) or 3 (c) below;
  (b) Mixtures of chemicals with foodstuffs or other substances with nutritive value, of a kind used in the preparation of human foodstuffs (generally heading 21.06);
  (c) Slag, ash and residues (including sludges, other than sewage sludge), containing metals, arsenic or their mixtures and meeting the requirements of Note 3 (a) or 3 (b) to Chapter 26 (heading 26.20);
  (d) Medicaments (heading 30.03 or 30.04); or
  (e) Spent catalysts of a kind used for the extraction of base metals or for the manufacture of chemical compounds of base metals (heading 26.20), spent catalysts of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal (heading 71.12) or catalysts consisting of metals or metal alloys in the form of, for example, finely divided powder or woven gauze (Section XIV or XV).
  2. (A) For the purpose of heading 38.22, the expression “certified reference materials” means reference materials which are accompanied by a certificate which indicates the values of the certified properties, the methods used to determine these values and the degree of certainty associated with each value and which are suitable for analytical, calibrating or referencing purposes.
  (B) With the exception of the products of Chapter 28 or 29, for the classification of certified reference materials, heading 38.22 shall take precedence over any other heading in the Nomenclature.
  3. Heading 38.24 includes the following goods which are not to be classified in any other heading of the Nomenclature:
  (a) Cultured crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less than 2.5 g each, of magnesium oxide or of the halides of the alkali or alkaline- earth metals;
  (b) Fusel oil; Dippel's oil;
  (c) Ink removers put up in packings for retail sale;
  (d) Stencil correctors, other correcting fluids and correction tapes (other than those of heading 96.12), put up in packings for retail sale; and
  (e) Ceramic firing testers, fusible (for example, Seger cones).
  4. Throughout the Nomenclature, “municipal waste” means waste of a kind collected from households, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, shops, offices, etc., road and pavement sweepings, as well as construction and demolition waste. Municipal waste generally contains a large variety of materials such as plastics, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, glass, metals, food materials, broken furniture and other damaged or discarded articles. The term “municipal waste”, however, does not cover:
  (a) Individual materials or articles segregated from the waste, such as wastes of plastics, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, glass or metals and spent batteries which fall in their appropriate headings of the Nomenclature;
  (b) Industrial waste;
  (c) Waste pharmaceuticals, as defined in Note 4 (k) to Chapter 30; or
  (d) Clinical waste, as defined in Note 6 (a) below.
  5. For the purposes of heading 38.25, “sewage sludge” means sludge arising from urban effluent treatment plant and includes pre-treatment waste, scourings and unstabilised sludge. Stabilised sludge when suitable for use as fertiliser is excluded (Chapter 31).
  6. For the purposes of heading 38.25, the expression “other wastes” applies to:
  (a) Clinical waste, that is, contaminated waste arising from medical research, diagnosis, treatment or other medical, surgical, dental or veterinary procedures, which often contain pathogens and pharmaceutical substances and require special disposal procedures (for example, soiled dressings, used gloves and used syringes);
  (b) Waste organic solvents;
  (c) Wastes of metal pickling liquors, hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti- freezing fluids; and
  (d) Other wastes from chemical or allied industries.
  The expression “other wastes” does not, however, cover wastes which contain mainly petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals (heading 27.10).
  7. For the purposes of heading 38.26, the term “biodiesel” means mono-alkyl esters of fatty acids of a kind used as a fuel, derived from animal or vegetable fats and oils whether or not used.
  Subheading Notes.
  1. Subheadings 3808.52 and 3808.59 cover only goods of heading 38.08, containing one or more of the following substances: alachlor (ISO); aldicarb (ISO); aldrin (ISO); azinphos-methyl (ISO); binapacryl (ISO); camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene); captafol (ISO); chlordane (ISO); chlordimeform (ISO); chlorobenzilate (ISO); DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p- chlorophenyl)ethane); dieldrin (ISO, INN); 4,6- dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC (ISO)) or its salts; dinoseb (ISO), its salts or its esters; endosulfan (ISO); ethylene dibromide (ISO) (1,2-dibromoethane); ethylene dichloride (ISO) (1,2-dichloroethane); fluoroacetamide (ISO); heptachlor (ISO); hexachlorobenzene (ISO); 1,2,3,4,5,6- hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN); mercury compounds; methamidophos (ISO); monocrotophos (ISO); oxirane (ethylene oxide); parathion (ISO); parathion-methyl (ISO) (methyl- parathion); penta- and octabromodiphenyl ethers; pentachlorophenol (ISO), its salts or its esters; perfluorooctane sulphonic acid and its salts; perfluorooctane sulphonamides; perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride; phosphamidon (ISO); 2,4,5-T (ISO) (2,4,5- trichlorophenoxyacetic acid), its salts or its esters; tributyltin compounds.
  Subheading 3808.59 also covers dustable powder formulations containing a mixture of benomyl (ISO), carbofuran (ISO) and thiram (ISO).
  2. Subheadings 3808.61 to 3808.69 cover only goods of heading 38.08, containing alpha- cypermethrin (ISO), bendiocarb (ISO), bifenthrin (ISO), chlorfenapyr (ISO), cyfluthrin (ISO), deltamethrin (INN, ISO), etofenprox (INN), fenitrothion (ISO), lambda-cyhalothrin (ISO), malathion (ISO), pirimiphos-methyl (ISO) or propoxur (ISO).
  3. Subheadings 3824.81 to 3824.88 cover only mixtures and preparations containing one or more of the following substances: oxirane (ethylene oxide), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs), tris(2,3- dibromopropyl) phosphate, aldrin (ISO), camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene), chlordane (ISO), chlordecone (ISO), DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p- chlorophenyl)ethane), dieldrin (ISO, INN), endosulfan (ISO), endrin (ISO), heptachlor (ISO), mirex (ISO), 1,2,3,4,5,6- hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN), pentachlorobenzene (ISO), hexachlorobenzene (ISO), perfluorooctane sulphonic acid, its salts, perfluorooctane sulphonamides, perfluorooctane sulphonyl flouride or tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or octabromodiphenyl ethers.
  4. For the purposes of subheadings 3825.41 and 3825.49, “waste organic solvents” are wastes containing mainly organic solvents, not fit for further use as presented as primary products, whether or not intended for recovery of the solvents.
HS code Product description in English
3801 Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures.
38011000 - Artificial graphite
38012000 - Colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite
38013000 - Carbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings
38019000 - Other
3802 Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black.
38021000 - Activated carbon
380290 - Other:
38029010 - - Activated bauxite
38029020 - - Activated clays or activated earths
38029090 - - Other
38030000 Tall oil, whether or not refined.
3804 Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of heading 38.03.
38040010 - Concentrated sulphite lye
38040020 - Calcium lignin sulphonates (Ca2LS) binder used for fire-brick production
38040090 - Other
3805 Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods; crude dipentene; sulphite turpentine and other crude para-cymene; pine oil containing alpha- terpineol as the main constituent.
38051000 - Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine oils
38059000 - Other
3806 Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums.
38061000 - Rosin and resin acids
38062000 - Salts of rosin, of resin acids or of derivatives of rosin or resin acids, other than salts of rosin adducts
380630 - Ester gums:
38063010 - - In blocks
38063090 - - Other
380690 - Other:
38069010 - - Run gums in blocks
38069090 - - Other
38070000 Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch.
3808 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti- sprouting products and plant- growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur- treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers).
  - Goods specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter:
380852 - - DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN)), in packings of a net weight content not exceeding 300 g:
38085210 - - - Wood preservatives, being preparations other than surface coatings, containing insecticides or fungicides
38085290 - - - Other
380859 - - Other:
38085910 - - - Insecticides
  - - - Fungicides:
38085921 - - - - In aerosol containers
38085929 - - - - Other
  - - - Herbicides:
38085931 - - - - In aerosol containers
38085939 - - - - Other
38085940 - - - Anti-sprouting products
38085950 - - - Plant-growth regulators
38085960 - - - Disinfectants
  - - - Other:
38085991 - - - - Wood preservatives, being preparations other than surface coatings, containing insecticides or fungicides
38085999 - - - - Other
  - Goods specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter:
380861 - - In packings of a net weight content not exceeding 300 g:
38086110 - - - Mosquito repellent coils
38086120 - - - Mosquito repellent mats
38086130 - - - In aerosol cans
38086140 - - - Other, in liquid form
38086150 - - - Other, having deodorising function
38086190 - - - Other
380862 - - In packings of a net weight content exceeding 300 g but not exceeding 7.5 kg:
38086210 - - - Powder for moulding into mosquito coils
38086220 - - - Mosquito repellent coils
38086230 - - - Mosquito repellent mats
38086240 - - - In aerosol cans
38086250 - - - Other, in liquid form
38086290 - - - Other
380869 - - Other:
38086910 - - - Powder for moulding into mosquito coils
38086990 - - - Other
  - Other:
380891 - - Insecticides:
38089110 - - - Intermediate preparations containing 2- (methylpropyl-phenol methylcarbamate)
38089120 - - - Other, powder for moulding into mosquito coils
38089130 - - - In aerosol containers
38089140 - - - Mosquito repellent coils
38089150 - - - Mosquito repellent mats
38089190 - - - Other
380892 - - Fungicides:
  - - - In aerosol containers:
38089211 - - - - With a validamycin content not exceeding 3 % by net weight
38089219 - - - - Other
38089290 - - - Other
380893 - - Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant- growth regulators:
  - - - Herbicides:
38089311 - - - - In aerosol containers
38089319 - - - - Other
38089320 - - - Anti-sprouting products
38089330 - - - Plant-growth regulators
380894 - - Disinfectants:
38089410 - - - Containing mixtures of coal tar acid and alkalis
38089420 - - - Other, in aerosol containers
38089490 - - - Other
380899 - - Other:
38089910 - - - Wood preservatives, containing insecticides or fungicides
38089990 - - - Other
3809 Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included.
38091000 - With a basis of amylaceous substances
  - Other:
380991 - - Of a kind used in the textile or like industries:
38099110 - - - Softening agents
38099190 - - - Other
38099200 - - Of a kind used in the paper or like industries
38099300 - - Of a kind used in the leather or like industries
3810 Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods.
38101000 - Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials
38109000 - Other
3811 Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti- corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils.
  - Anti-knock preparations:
38111100 - - Based on lead compounds
38111900 - - Other
  - Additives for lubricating oils:
381121 - - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals:
38112110 - - - Put up for retail sale
38112190 - - - Other
38112900 - - Other
381190 - Other:
38119010 - - Rust preventatives or corrosion inhibitors
38119090 - - Other
3812 Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; anti- oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics.
38121000 - Prepared rubber accelerators
38122000 - Compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics
  - Anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilizers for rubber or plastics:
38123100 - - Mixtures of oligomers of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2- dihydroquinoline (TMQ)
38123900 - - Other
38130000 Preparations and charges for fire- extinguishers; charged fire- extinguishing grenades.
38140000 Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers.
3815 Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included.
  - Supported catalysts:
38151100 - - With nickel or nickel compounds as the active substance
38151200 - - With precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance
38151900 - - Other
38159000 - Other
3816 Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, other than products of heading 38.01.
38160010 - Refractory cements
38160090 - Other
38170000 Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 27.07 or 29.02.
38180000 Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics.
38190000 Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals.
38200000 Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de- icing fluids.
3821 Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells.
38210010 - Prepared culture media for the development of micro-organisms
38210090 - Other
3822 Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading 30.02 or 30.06; certified reference materials.
38220010 - Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of plastics impregnated or coated with diagnostic or laboratory reagents
38220020 - Paperboard, cellulose wadding and web of cellulose fibres impregnated or coated with diagnostic or laboratory reagents
38220030 - Sterilisation indicator strips and tapes
38220090 - Other
3823 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols.
  - Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining:
38231100 - - Stearic acid
38231200 - - Oleic acid
38231300 - - Tall oil fatty acids
382319 - - Other:
38231910 - - - Acid oils from refining
38231920 - - - Palm fatty acid distillate
38231930 - - - Palm kernel fatty acid distillate
38231990 - - - Other
382370 - Industrial fatty alcohols:
38237010 - - In the form of wax
38237090 - - Other
3824 Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included.
38241000 - Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores
38243000 - Non-agglomerated metal carbides mixed together or with metallic binders
38244000 - Prepared additives for cements, mortars or concretes
38245000 - Non-refractory mortars and concretes
38246000 - Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905.44
  - Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane:
382471 - - Containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), whether or not containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs):
38247110 - - - Transformer and circuit breaker oils, containing by weight less than 70 % or of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
38247190 - - - Other
38247200 - - Containing bromochlorodifluoromethane, bromotrifluoromethane or dibromotetrafluoroethanes
38247300 - - Containing hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs)
382474 - - Containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), whether or not containing perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs):
38247410 - - - Transformer and circuit breaker oils, containing by weight less than 70 % or of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals
38247490 - - - Other
38247500 - - Containing carbon tetrachloride
38247600 - - Containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform)
38247700 - - Containing bromomethane (methyl bromide) or bromochloromethane
38247800 - - Containing perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)
38247900 - - Other
  - Goods specified in Subheading Note 3 to this Chapter:
38248100 - - Containing oxirane (ethylene oxide)
38248200 - - Containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) or polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)
38248300 - - Containing tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate
38248400 - - Containing aldrin (ISO), camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene), chlordane (ISO), chlordecone (ISO), DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2- bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane), dieldrin (ISO, INN), endosulfan (ISO), endrin (ISO), heptachlor (ISO) or mirex (ISO)
38248500 - - Containing 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN)
38248600 - - Containing pentachlorobenzene (ISO) or hexachlorobenzene (ISO)
38248700 - - Containing perfluorooctane sulphonic acid, its salts, perfluorooctane sulphonamides, or perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride
38248800 - - Containing tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or octabromodiphenyl ethers
  - Other:
38249100 - - Mixtures and preparations consisting mainly of (5-ethyl-2- methyl-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphinan- 5-yl)methyl methyl methylphosphonate and bis[(5- ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1,3,2- dioxaphosphinan-5- yl)methyl] methylphosphonate
382499 - - Other:
38249910 - - - Ink removers, stencil correctors, other correcting fluids and correction tapes (other than those of heading 96.12), put up in packings for retail sale
38249930 - - - Copying pastes with a basis of gelatin, whether presented in bulk or ready for use (for example, on a paper or textile backing)
38249940 - - - Composite inorganic solvents
38249950 - - - Acetone oil
38249960 - - - Chemical preparations containing monosodium glutamate (MSG)
38249970 - - - Other chemical preparations, of a kind used in the manufacture of foodstuff
  - - - Other:
38249991 - - - - Naphthenic acids, their water insoluble salts and their esters
38249999 - - - - Other
3825 Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in Note 6 to this Chapter.
38251000 - Municipal waste
38252000 - Sewage sludge
382530 - Clinical waste:
38253010 - - Syringes, needles, cannulae and the like
38253090 - - Other
  - Waste organic solvents:
38254100 - - Halogenated
38254900 - - Other
38255000 - Wastes of metal pickling liquors, hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freeze fluids
  - Other wastes from chemical or allied industries:
38256100 - - Mainly containing organic constituents
38256900 - - Other
38259000 - Other
3826 Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals.
  - Biodiesel, not containing petroleum oil:
38260010 - - Coconut methyl ester (CME)
  - - Palm methyl ester (including palm kernel methyl ester):
38260021 - - - With ester alkyl content 96.5 % or more but not exceeding 98%
38260022 - - - With ester alkyl content exceeding 98 %
38260029 - - - Other
38260030 - - Other
38260090 - Other