HS Chapter 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products

HS chapter 38 (Miscellaneous chemical products) covers 70 product categories in U.S. import records, with 300,902 bill-of-lading shipments. The most imported headings are Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, Prepared binders for foundry molds or cores, and Artificial graphite.

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

HS	Heading	Products	Shipments
3825	Residual products of the chemical or allied industries	8	52,389
3824	Prepared binders for foundry molds or cores	7	49,779
3801	Artificial graphite	4	21,817
3802	Activated carbon	2	20,020
3811	Antiknock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils	4	19,252
3818	HS 3818	1	18,110
3815	Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations	4	17,127
3823	Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids	5	14,915
3809	Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries	4	14,206
3808	Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, antisprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulfur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and flypapers)	5	12,784
3821	HS 3821	1	9,265
3814	HS 3814	1	8,378
3806	Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof	4	6,864
3812	Prepared rubber accelerators	4	6,034
3816	Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 3801	1	5,933
3813	HS 3813	1	5,550
3803	HS 3803	1	4,474
3820	HS 3820	1	2,973
3810	Pickling preparations for metal surfaces	2	2,948
3819	HS 3819	1	1,937
3804	HS 3804	1	1,721
3822	Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 3006	2	1,617
3807	HS 3807	1	1,166
3805	Gum, wood or sulfate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods	2	852
3827	Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane	2	547
3817	Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 2707 or 2902	1	244