HS Chapter 29 — Organic chemicals

HS chapter 29 (Organic chemicals) covers 256 product categories in U.S. import records, with 1,604,005 bill-of-lading shipments. The most imported headings are Amine-function compounds, Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, and 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.

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Headings in this chapter

HS	Heading	Products	Shipments
2921	Amine-function compounds	14	176,724
2905	Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives	19	173,979
2936	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	10	136,910
2932	Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only	9	134,382
2915	Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids	15	120,104
2907	Phenols	8	101,258
2903	Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons	21	91,033
2933	Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only	14	79,860
2922	Oxygen-function amino-compounds	10	67,776
2926	Nitrile-function compounds	4	62,530
2916	Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids	11	59,810
2918	Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids	13	57,570
2942	HS 2942	1	40,317
2902	Cyclic hydrocarbons	8	38,676
2914	Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated, or nitrosated derivatives	12	36,980
2934	Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined	4	35,923
2924	Carboxyamide-function compounds	4	29,766
2912	Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function	9	27,021
2930	Organo-sulfur compounds	4	26,202
2917	Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids	13	24,572
2909	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, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives	7	15,372
2906	Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives	5	12,967
2929	Compounds with other nitrogen function	2	9,776
2931	Other organo-inorganic compounds	2	6,365
2901	Acyclic hydrocarbons	5	6,289
2923	Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides	3	4,702
2927	HS 2927	1	3,805
2920	Esters of other inorganic acids of nonmetals (excluding esters of hydrogen halides) and their salts	3	2,972
2925	Carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-function compounds	3	2,859
2904	Sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated	3	2,816
2928	HS 2928	1	2,601
2937	Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis	4	2,271
2910	Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three-membered ring, and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives	4	2,243
2939	Alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives	1	1,955
2940	HS 2940	1	1,492
2938	Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives	1	1,412
2919	Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates	1	800
2941	Antibiotics	2	739
2935	Sulfonamides	1	347
2908	Halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols	1	308
2913	HS 2913	1	280
2911	HS 2911	1	241

Frequently asked questions about HS chapter 29

What is HS chapter 29?

Chapter 29 of the Harmonized System covers organic chemicals. In U.S. import records it spans 42 four-digit headings and 256 six-digit product codes.

How many U.S. import shipments fall under HS chapter 29?

ImportDoor has 1,604,005 U.S. Customs bill-of-lading shipment records under chapter 29, updated monthly.

Which HS 29 heading is imported most into the U.S.?

HS 2921 (Amine-function compounds) leads with 176,724 shipments, followed by HS 2905 (Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulfonated) and HS 2936 (Provitamins and vitamins).