Section VI · Products of the chemical or allied industries
Chapter 29: Organic chemicals
Chapter 29 of the Harmonized System has 55 four-digit headings, from 29.01 to 29.42. Each heading is split further into six-digit subheadings, then into national 8- and 10-digit commodity codes.
Headings in chapter 29
| Heading | Description |
|---|---|
| 29.01 | Acyclic hydrocarbons |
| 29.01 | I. hydrocarbons and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.02 | Cyclic hydrocarbons |
| 29.03 | Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons |
| 29.04 | Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated |
| 29.05 | Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.05 | Ii. alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.06 | Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.07 | Phenols; phenol-alcohols |
| 29.07 | Iii. phenols, phenol-alcohols, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.08 | Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols |
| 29.09 | Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether or not chemically defined), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.09 | Iv. ethers, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides, epoxides with a three-membered ring, acetals and hemiacetals, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.10 | Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three-membered ring, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.11 | Acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.12 | Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes; paraformaldehyde |
| 29.12 | V. aldehyde-function compounds |
| 29.13 | Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products of heading 2912 |
| 29.14 | Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.14 | Vi. ketone-function compounds and quinone-function compounds |
| 29.15 | Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.15 | Vii. carboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.16 | Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.17 | Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.18 | Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.19 | Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.19 | Viii. esters of inorganic acids of non-metals and their salts, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.20 | Esters of other inorganic acids of non-metals (excluding esters of hydrogen halides) and their salts; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
| 29.21 | Amine-function compounds |
| 29.21 | Ix. nitrogen-function compounds |
| 29.22 | Oxygen-function amino-compounds |
| 29.23 | Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined |
| 29.24 | Carboxyamide-function compounds; amide-function compounds of carbonic acid |
| 29.25 | Carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-function compounds |
| 29.26 | Nitrile-function compounds |
| 29.27 | Diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds |
| 29.28 | Organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine |
| 29.29 | Compounds with other nitrogen function |
| 29.30 | Organo-sulphur compounds |
| 29.30 | X. organo-inorganic compounds, heterocyclic compounds, nucleic acids and their salts, and sulphonamides |
| 29.31 | Other organo-inorganic compounds |
| 29.32 | Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only |
| 29.33 | Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only |
| 29.34 | Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic compounds |
| 29.35 | Sulphonamides |
| 29.36 | Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent |
| 29.36 | Xi. provitamins, vitamins and hormones |
| 29.37 | Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis; derivatives and structural analogues thereof, including chain modified polypeptides, used primarily as hormones |
| 29.38 | Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives |
| 29.38 | Xii. glycosides and alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives |
| 29.39 | Alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives |
| 29.40 | Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose; sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and their salts, other than products of heading 2937, 2938 or 2939 |
| 29.40 | Xiii. other organic compounds |
| 29.41 | Antibiotics |
| 29.42 | Other organic compounds |
Classifying goods in chapter 29
Start with the chapter and section notes: they are legally binding and often decide what is included or excluded. Then choose the heading whose wording best describes your product (GRI 1), and work down to the six-digit subheading before choosing the national commodity code.
The six-digit code is shared internationally. The UK and EU add digits for their own tariffs and statistics, and the US uses its own 10-digit HTS lines, so always confirm the final code in the tariff of the country you are importing into.
Official sources
Check chapter 29 in the UK Trade Tariff, the EU TARIC and the US HTS.