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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 148 product categories in U.S. import records, with 478,449 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 May 2026 · Chapter → heading → product, drill in for importers and suppliers

Headings in this chapter

HSHeadingProductsShipments
2804Hydrogen, rare gases and other nonmetals1166,506
2815Sodium hydroxide (Caustic soda)464,373
2818Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined350,612
2811Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of nonmetals539,073
2805Alkali or alkaline-earth metals532,145
2833Sulfates1024,649
2835Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates824,100
2836Carbonates819,581
2842Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides213,201
2843Colloidal precious metals312,416
2845Isotopes other than those of heading 2844112,113
2816Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium111,614
2817HS 2817110,969
2814Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution210,035
2827Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides109,709
2803HS 280319,458
2825Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts88,215
2821Iron oxides and hydroxides16,973
2823HS 282315,494
2844Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds44,495
2841Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids64,385
2801Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine34,084
2809Diphosphorus pentaoxide13,475
2820Manganese oxides22,837
2846Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium, or of mixtures of these metals22,248
2849Carbides, whether or not chemically defined32,215
2807HS 280711,975
2806Hydrogen chloride (Hydrochloric acid)11,937
2834Nitrites31,824
2819Chromium oxides and hydroxides21,792
2826Fluorides41,533
2847HS 284711,515
2810HS 281011,360
2812Halides and halide oxides of nonmetals41,261
2840Borates41,236
2832Sulfites21,167
2839Silicates3955
2828Hypochlorites2949
2808HS 28081924
2850HS 28501918
2829Chlorates and perchlorates2892
2831Dithionites and sulfoxylates1628
2837Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides2593
2813Sulfides of nonmetals1568
2830Sulfides2539
2802HS 28021252
2853Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorous1228
2824Lead oxides1221
2822HS 28221207
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