HSN 28 — Inorganic Chemicals

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

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Sub-codes

  • 2801 — FLUORINE, CHLORINE, BROMINE AND IODINE
  • 2802 — SULPHUR, SUBLIMED OR PRECIPITATED; COLLOIDAL SULPHUR
  • 2803 — CARBON (CARBON BLACKS AND OTHER FORMS OF CARBON NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIE
  • 2804 — HYDROGEN, RARE GASES AND OTHER NON-METALS
  • 2805 — ALKALI OR ALKALINE-EARTH METALS, RARE-EARTH METALS,SCANDIUM AND YTTRIU
  • 2806 — HHYDROGEN CHLORIDE (HYDROCHLORIC ACID), CHLOROSULPHURIC ACID
  • 2807 — SULPHURIC ACID; OLEUM
  • 2808 — NITRIC ACID; SULPHONITRIC ACIDS
  • 2809 — DIPHOSPHORUS PENTAOXIDE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; POLYPHOSPHORIC ACIDS, WHETHE
  • 2810 — OXIDES OF BORON, BORIC ACIDS
  • 2811 — OTHER INORGANIC ACIDS AND OTHER INORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS OF NON-META
  • 2812 — HALIDES AND HALIDE OXIDES OF NON-METALS
  • 2813 — SULPHIDES OF NON-METALS; COMMERCIAL PHOSPHORUS TRISULPHIDE
  • 2814 — AMMONIA, ANHYDROUS OR IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION
  • 2815 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE (CAUSTIC SODA), POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE (CAUSTIC POTASH),
  • 2816 — HYDROXIDE AND PEROXIDE OF MAGNESIUM; OXIDES, HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES,
  • 2817 — ZINC OXIDE; ZINC PEROXIDE
  • 2818 — ARTIFICIAL CORUNDUM, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED; ALUMINIUM OXID
  • 2819 — CHROMIUM OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES
  • 2820 — MANGANESE OXIDES
  • 2821 — IRON OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES; EARTH COLOURS CONTAINING 70% OR MORE BY WE
  • 2822 — COBALT OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES; COMMERCIAL COBALT OXIDES
  • 2823 — TITANIUM OXIDES
  • 2824 — LEAD OXIDES; RED LEAD AND ORANGE LEAD
  • 2825 — HYDRAZINE AND HYDROXYLAMINE AND THEIR INORGANIC SALTS; OTHER INORGANIC
  • 2826 — FLUORIDES, FLUOROSILICATES, FLUOROALUMINATES AND OTHER COMPLEX FLUORIN
  • 2827 — CHLORIDES, CHLORIDE OXIDES AND CHLORIDE HYDROXIDES, BROMIDES AND BROMI
  • 2828 — HYPOCHLORITES ; COMMERCIAL CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITES; CHLORITES; HYPOBROMI
  • 2829 — CHLORATES AND PERCHLORATES, BROMATES AND PERBROMATES, IODATES AND PERI
  • 2830 — SULPHIDES; POLYSULPHIDES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED
  • 2831 — DITHIONITES AND SULPHOXYLATES
  • 2832 — SULPHITES; THIOSULPHATES
  • 2833 — SULPHATES; ALUMS; PEROXOSULPHATES (PERSULPHATES)
  • 2834 — NITRITES; NITRATES
  • 2835 — PHOSPHINATES (HYPOPHOSPHITES), PHOSPHONATES (PHOSPHITES) AND PHOSPHATE
  • 2836 — CARBONATES; PEROXOCARBONATES (PERCARBONATES); COMMERCIAL AMMONIUM CARB
  • 2837 — CYANIDES, CYANIDE OXIDES AND COMPLEX CYANIDES
  • 2838 — FULMINATES, CYANATES AND THIOCYANATES - FULMINATES, CYANATES AND THIOC
  • 2839 — SILICATES, COMMERCIAL ALKALI METAL SILICATES
  • 2840 — BORATES, PEROXOBORATES (PERBORATES)
  • 2841 — SALTS OF OXOMETALLIC OR PEROXOMETALLIC ACIDS
  • 2842 — OTHER SALTS OF INORGANIC ACIDS OR PEROXOACIDS, (INCLUDING ALUMINOSILIC
  • 2843 — COLLOIDAL PRECIOUS METALS; INORGANIC OR ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS
  • 2844 — RADIOACTIVE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES (INCLUDING THE
  • 2845 — ISOTOPES OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADING 2844; COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC OR ORG
  • 2846 — COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC OR ORGANIC, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF YTTRIUM OR O
  • 2847 — HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, WHETHER OR NOT SOLIDIFIED WITH UREA
  • 2848 — PHOSPHIDES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED, EXCLUDING FERROPHOSPHOR
  • 2849 — CARBIDES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED
  • 2850 — HYDRIDES, NITRIDES, AZIDES, SILICIDES AND BORIDES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEM
  • 2851 — -
  • 2852 — INORGANIC OR ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF MERCURY, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY D
  • 2853 — PHOSPHIDES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED,EXCLUDING FERROPHOSPHORU
India import policy (DGFT ITC-HS)

Status: not in our table

DGFT's ITC-HS is the authority for 'Freely importable / Restricted / Prohibited / Canalised / STE'. Missing from our table is not the same as 'Free' — check DGFT before a filing.

Source: DGFT ITC-HS schedule (free, published) · Last reviewed: 2026-10-20T22:15:09.762611

Export incentive (RoDTEP / RoSCTL)

No recorded benefit for this HS code in our table. Many codes carry none at all — verify against DGFT's notification before quoting a benefit, because rates change annually.

Source: DGFT RoDTEP/RoSCTL notifications (free, published) · Last reviewed: 2026-10-20T22:15:09.764860

EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) - decision support only

possible EU CBAM exposure (CBAM-adjacent HS chapter)

hydrogen

EU CBAM transitional reporting applied from 1 Oct 2023; the definitive carbon levy phase begins 1 Jan 2026 (subject to ongoing legislative changes). Verify the exact CN code against https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism_en before quoting a price; chapters are not a code-by-code list.

Source: EU Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (CBAM), Annex I (sector list) . reviewed 2026-10-16; CBAM is applied at CN-code level - verify the exact code.

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