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HS Chapter 28 — Inorganic chemicals; compounds of precious metals and rare-earth metals

HS chapter 28 (Inorganic chemicals; compounds of precious metals and rare-earth metals) covers 146 product categories in U.S. import records, with 479,476 bill-of-lading shipments. The most imported headings are Hydrogen, rare gases and other nonmetals, Sodium hydroxide (Caustic soda), and Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined.

Sourced from U.S. Customs bill of lading data · Updated monthly · Data through June 2026 · Chapter → heading → product, drill in for importers and suppliers

Headings in this chapter

HSHeadingProductsShipments
2804Hydrogen, rare gases and other nonmetals1166,423
2815Sodium hydroxide (Caustic soda)464,660
2818Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined350,985
2811Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of nonmetals539,203
2805Alkali or alkaline-earth metals532,142
2833Sulfates1025,057
2835Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates824,134
2836Carbonates819,614
2842Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides213,228
2843Colloidal precious metals212,275
2845Isotopes other than those of heading 2844112,235
2816Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium111,611
2817HS 2817110,950
2814Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution210,057
2827Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides109,679
2803HS 280319,384
2825Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts88,241
2821Iron oxides and hydroxides16,982
2823HS 282315,493
2844Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds44,480
2841Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids64,438
2801Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine34,070
2809Diphosphorus pentaoxide13,472
2820Manganese oxides22,828
2846Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium, or of mixtures of these metals22,233
2849Carbides, whether or not chemically defined32,209
2807HS 280711,980
2806Hydrogen chloride (Hydrochloric acid)11,953
2834Nitrites31,813
2819Chromium oxides and hydroxides21,782
2826Fluorides41,526
2847HS 284711,523
2810HS 281011,371
2840Borates41,237
2832Sulfites21,159
2812Halides and halide oxides of nonmetals31,141
2828Hypochlorites2954
2839Silicates3953
2850HS 28501929
2808HS 28081924
2829Chlorates and perchlorates2894
2831Dithionites and sulfoxylates1619
2837Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides2604
2813Sulfides of nonmetals1573
2830Sulfides2541
2802HS 28021259
2853Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorous1231
2824Lead oxides1220
2822HS 28221207
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