Canadian Export Classification
Chapter 28
Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
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| HS Code | Statistical suffix | Description | Unit of measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. Chemical elements | |||
| 28.01 | Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine. | ||
| 2801.10 | 00 | -Chlorine | KGM |
| 2801.20 | 00 | -Iodine | KGM |
| 2801.30 | 00 | -Fluorine; bromine | KGM |
| 2802.00 | 00 | Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur | KGM |
| 2803.00 | 00 | Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included) | KGM |
| 28.04 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals. | ||
| 2804.10 | 00 | -Hydrogen | KGM |
| -Rare gases: | |||
| 2804.21 | 00 | --Argon | KGM |
| 2804.29 | 00 | --Other | TMQ |
| 2804.30 | 00 | -Nitrogen | KGM |
| 2804.40 | 00 | -Oxygen | KGM |
| 2804.50 | 00 | -Boron; tellurium | KGM |
| -Silicon: | |||
| 2804.61 | 00 | --Containing by weight not less than 99.99% of silicon | KGM |
| 2804.69 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| 2804.70 | 00 | -Phosphorus | KGM |
| 2804.80 | 00 | -Arsenic | KGM |
| 2804.90 | 00 | -Selenium | KGM |
| 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: | |||
| 2805.11 | 00 | --Sodium | KGM |
| 2805.12 | 00 | --Calcium | KGM |
| 2805.19 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| 2805.30 | 00 | -Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed | KGM |
| 2805.40 | 00 | -Mercury | KGM |
| II. Inorganic acids and inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals | |||
| 28.06 | Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid. | ||
| 2806.10 | 00 | -Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid) | KGM |
| 2806.20 | 00 | -Chlorosulphuric acid | KGM |
| 2807.00 | 00 | Sulphuric acid; oleum | KGM |
| 2808.00 | 00 | Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids | KGM |
| 28.09 | Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid; polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined. | ||
| 2809.10 | 00 | -Diphosphorus pentaoxide | KGM |
| 2809.20 | 00 | -Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids | KGM |
| 2810.00 | 00 | Oxides of boron; boric acids | KGM |
| 28.11 | Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals. | ||
| -Other inorganic acids: | |||
| 2811.11 | 00 | --Hydrogen fluoride (hydrofluoric acid) | KGM |
| 2811.12 | 00 | --Hydrogen cyanide (hydrocyanic acid) | KGM |
| 2811.19 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| -Other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals: | |||
| 2811.21 | 00 | --Carbon dioxide | KGM |
| 2811.22 | 00 | --Silicon dioxide | KGM |
| 2811.29 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| III. Halogen or sulphur compounds of non-metals | |||
| 28.12 | Halides and halide oxides of non-metals. | ||
| -Chlorides and chloride oxides: | |||
| 2812.11 | 00 | --Carbonyl dichloride (phosgene) | KGM |
| 2812.12 | 00 | --Phosphorus oxychloride | KGM |
| 2812.13 | 00 | --Phosphorus trichloride | KGM |
| 2812.14 | 00 | --Phosphorus pentachloride | KGM |
| 2812.15 | 00 | --Sulphur monochloride | KGM |
| 2812.16 | 00 | --Sulphur dichloride | KGM |
| 2812.17 | 00 | --Thionyl chloride | KGM |
| 2812.19 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| 2812.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| 28.13 | Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide. | ||
| 2813.10 | 00 | -Carbon disulphide | KGM |
| 2813.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| IV. Inorganic bases and oxides, hydroxides and peroxides of metals | |||
| 28.14 | Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution. | ||
| 2814.10 | 00 | -Anhydrous ammonia | KGM |
| 2814.20 | 00 | -Ammonia in aqueous solution | KNS |
| 28.15 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium. | ||
| -Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda): | |||
| 2815.11 | 00 | --Solid | KGM |
| 2815.12 | 00 | --In aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) | KNS |
| 2815.20 | 00 | -Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) | KGM |
| 2815.30 | 00 | -Peroxides of sodium or potassium | KGM |
| 28.16 | Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium. | ||
| 2816.10 | 00 | -Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium | KGM |
| 2816.40 | 00 | -Oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium | KGM |
| 2817.00 | 00 | Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide | KGM |
| 28.18 | Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminum oxide; aluminum hydroxide. | ||
| 2818.10 | 00 | -Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined | KGM |
| 2818.20 | 00 | -Aluminum oxide, other than artificial corundum | KGM |
| 2818.30 | 00 | -Aluminum hydroxide | KGM |
| 28.19 | Chromium oxides and hydroxides. | ||
| 2819.10 | 00 | -Chromium trioxide | KGM |
| 2819.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| 28.20 | Manganese oxides. | ||
| 2820.10 | 00 | -Manganese dioxide | KGM |
| 2820.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| 28.21 | Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70% or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3. | ||
| 2821.10 | 00 | -Iron oxides and hydroxides | KGM |
| 2821.20 | 00 | -Earth colours | KGM |
| 2822.00 | 00 | Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides | KGM |
| 2823.00 | 00 | Titanium oxides | KGM |
| 28.24 | Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead. | ||
| 2824.10 | 00 | -Lead monoxide (litharge, massicot) | KGM |
| 2824.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| 28.25 | Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides. | ||
| 2825.10 | 00 | -Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts | KGM |
| 2825.20 | 00 | -Lithium oxide and hydroxide | KGM |
| 2825.30 | 00 | -Vanadium oxides and hydroxides | KGM |
| 2825.40 | 00 | -Nickel oxides and hydroxides | KGM |
| 2825.50 | 00 | -Copper oxides and hydroxides | KGM |
| 2825.60 | 00 | -Germanium oxides and zirconium dioxide | KGM |
| 2825.70 | 00 | -Molybdenum oxides and hydroxides | KGM |
| 2825.80 | 00 | -Antimony oxides | KGM |
| 2825.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| V. Salts and peroxysalts, of inorganic acides and metals | |||
| 28.26 | Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts. | ||
| -Fluorides: | |||
| 2826.12 | 00 | --Of aluminum | KGM |
| 2826.19 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| 2826.30 | 00 | -Sodium hexafluoroaluminate (synthetic cryolite) | KGM |
| 2826.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| 28.27 | Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides. | ||
| 2827.10 | 00 | -Ammonium chloride | KGM |
| 2827.20 | 00 | -Calcium chloride | KNS |
| -Other chlorides: | |||
| 2827.31 | 00 | --Of magnesium | KGM |
| 2827.32 | 00 | --Of aluminum | KGM |
| 2827.35 | 00 | --Of nickel | KGM |
| 2827.39 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| -Chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides: | |||
| 2827.41 | 00 | --Of copper | KGM |
| 2827.49 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| -Bromides and bromide oxides: | |||
| 2827.51 | 00 | --Bromides of sodium or of potassium | KGM |
| 2827.59 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| 2827.60 | 00 | -Iodides and iodide oxides | KGM |
| 28.28 | Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites. | ||
| 2828.10 | 00 | -Commercial calcium hypochlorite and other calcium hypochlorites | KGM |
| 2828.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| 28.29 | Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates. | ||
| -Chlorates: | |||
| 2829.11 | 00 | --Of sodium | KGM |
| 2829.19 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| 2829.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| 28.30 | Sulphides; polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined. | ||
| 2830.10 | 00 | -Sodium sulphides | KGM |
| 2830.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| 28.31 | Dithionites and sulphoxylates. | ||
| 2831.10 | 00 | -Of sodium | KGM |
| 2831.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| 28.32 | Sulphites; thiosulphates. | ||
| 2832.10 | 00 | -Sodium sulphites | KGM |
| 2832.20 | 00 | -Other sulphites | KGM |
| 2832.30 | 00 | -Thiosulphates | KGM |
| 28.33 | Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates). | ||
| -Sodium sulphates: | |||
| 2833.11 | 00 | --Disodium sulphate | KGM |
| 2833.19 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| -Other sulphates: | |||
| 2833.21 | 00 | --Of magnesium | KGM |
| 2833.22 | 00 | --Of aluminum | KGM |
| 2833.24 | 00 | --Of nickel | KGM |
| 2833.25 | 00 | --Of copper | KGM |
| 2833.27 | 00 | --Of barium | KGM |
| 2833.29 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| 2833.30 | 00 | -Alums | KGM |
| 2833.40 | 00 | -Peroxosulphates (persulphates) | KGM |
| 28.34 | Nitrites; nitrates. | ||
| 2834.10 | 00 | -Nitrites | KGM |
| -Nitrates: | |||
| 2834.21 | 00 | --Of potassium | KGM |
| 2834.29 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| 28.35 | Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined. | ||
| 2835.10 | 00 | -Phosphinates (hypophosphites) and phosphonates (phosphites) | KGM |
| -Phosphates: | |||
| 2835.22 | 00 | --Of mono- or disodium | KGM |
| 2835.24 | 00 | --Of potassium | KGM |
| 2835.25 | 00 | --Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate (“dicalcium phosphate”) | KGM |
| 2835.26 | 00 | --Other phosphates of calcium | KGM |
| 2835.29 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| -Polyphosphates: | |||
| 2835.31 | 00 | --Sodium triphosphate (sodium tripolyphosphate) | KGM |
| 2835.39 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| 28.36 | Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate. | ||
| 2836.20 | 00 | -Disodium carbonate | KGM |
| 2836.30 | 00 | -Sodium hydrogencarbonate (sodium bicarbonate) | KGM |
| 2836.40 | 00 | -Potassium carbonates | KGM |
| 2836.50 | 00 | -Calcium carbonate | KGM |
| 2836.60 | 00 | -Barium carbonate | KGM |
| -Other: | |||
| 2836.91 | 00 | --Lithium carbonates | KGM |
| 2836.92 | 00 | --Strontium carbonate | KGM |
| 2836.99 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| 28.37 | Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides. | ||
| -Cyanides and cyanide oxides: | |||
| 2837.11 | 00 | --Of sodium | KGM |
| 2837.19 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| 2837.20 | 00 | -Complex cyanides | KGM |
| 28.39 | Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates. | ||
| -Of sodium: | |||
| 2839.11 | 00 | --Sodium metasilicates | KGM |
| 2839.19 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| 2839.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| 28.40 | Borates; peroxoborates (perborates). | ||
| -Disodium tetraborate (refined borax): | |||
| 2840.11 | 00 | --Anhydrous | KGM |
| 2840.19 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| 2840.20 | 00 | -Other borates | KGM |
| 2840.30 | 00 | -Peroxoborates (perborates) | KGM |
| 28.41 | Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids. | ||
| 2841.30 | 00 | -Sodium dichromate | KGM |
| 2841.50 | 00 | -Other chromates and dichromates; peroxochromates | KGM |
| -Manganites, manganates and permanganates: | |||
| 2841.61 | 00 | --Potassium permanganate | KGM |
| 2841.69 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| 2841.70 | 00 | -Molybdates | KGM |
| 2841.80 | 00 | -Tungstates (wolframates) | KGM |
| 2841.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| 28.42 | Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides. | ||
| 2842.10 | 00 | -Double or complex silicates, including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined | KGM |
| 2842.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| VI. Miscellaneous | |||
| 28.43 | Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals. | ||
| 2843.10 | 00 | -Colloidal precious metals | KGM |
| -Silver compounds: | |||
| 2843.21 | 00 | --Silver nitrate | KGM |
| 2843.29 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
| 2843.30 | 00 | -Gold compounds | KGM |
| 2843.90 | 00 | -Other compounds; amalgams | KGM |
| 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. | ||
| 2844.10 | -Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds | ||
| 10 | ---Uranium oxides | KGM | |
| 20 | ---Uranium hexafluoride | KGM | |
| 90 | ---Other | KGM | |
| 2844.20 | 00 | -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 | KGM |
| 2844.30 | 00 | -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 | KGM |
| 2844.40 | -Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of subheading 2844.10, 2844.20 or 2844.30; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues | ||
| ---Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds: | |||
| 11 | ----Of cobalt 60 radioactivity only | GBQ | |
| 19 | ----Other | MBQ | |
| 90 | ---Other | - | |
| 2844.50 | 00 | -Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors | - |
| 28.45 | Isotopes other than those of heading 28.44; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined. | ||
| 2845.10 | 00 | -Heavy water (deuterium oxide) | KGM |
| 2845.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| 28.46 | Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals. | ||
| 2846.10 | 00 | -Cerium compounds | KGM |
| 2846.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| 2847.00 | 00 | Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea | KGM |
| 28.49 | Carbides, whether or not chemically defined. | ||
| 2849.10 | 00 | -Of calcium | KGM |
| 2849.20 | 00 | -Of silicon | KGM |
| 2849.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| 2850.00 | 00 | Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of heading 28.49 | KGM |
| 28.52 | Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams. | ||
| 2852.10 | 00 | -Chemically defined | KGM |
| 2852.90 | 00 | -Other | KGM |
| 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. | ||
| 2853.10 | 00 | --Cyanogen chloride (chlorcyan) | KGM |
| 2853.90 | 00 | --Other | KGM |
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