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Heading 2904

Organic chemicals - Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated.

List of Sub Headings & Description

290410 Derivatives containing only sulpho groups, their salts and ethyl esters

290420 Derivatives containing only nitro or only nitroso groups

290431 Perfluorooctane sulphonic acid

290432 Ammonium perfluorooctane sulphonate

290433 Lithium perfluorooctane sulphonate

290434 Potassium perfluorooctane sulphonate

290435 Other salts of perfluorooctane sulphonic acid

290436 Perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride

290491 Trichloronitromethane (chloropicrin)

290499 Other

WCO Notes for Heading 2904

29.04 - Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated.

2904.10 - Derivatives containing only sulpho groups, their salts and ethyl esters

2904.20 - Derivatives containing only nitro or only nitroso groups

- Perfluorooctane sulphonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride :

2904.31 ‑ - Perfluorooctane sulphonic acid

2904.32 ‑ - Ammonium perfluorooctane sulphonate

2904.33 ‑ - Lithium perfluorooctane sulphonate

2904.34 ‑ - Potassium perfluorooctane sulphonate

2904.35 ‑ - Other salts of perfluorooctane sulphonic acid

2904.36 ‑ - Perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride

- Other :

2904.91 ‑ - Trichloronitromethane (chloropicrin)

2904.99 ‑ - Other

(A) SULPHONATED DERIVATIVES

These are hydrocarbons in which one or more atoms of hydrogen have been replaced by a like number of sulpho group (-SO₃H); they are generally called sulphonic acids. The heading also includes salts and ethyl esters of sulphonic acids (see Note 5 (B) to this Chapter).

(1) Sulphonated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons.

(a) Ethylenesulphonic acid*.

(b) Ethanesulphonic acid.

(2) Sulphonated derivatives of cyclic hydrocarbons.

(a) Benzenesulphonic acid.

(b) Toluenesulphonic acids (sometimes erroneously called benzylsulphonic acids).

(d) Benzenedisulphonic acids.

(e) Naphthalenesulphonic acids.

(B) NITRATED DERIVATIVES

These are hydrocarbons in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by a like number of nitro groups (-NO₂).

(1) Nitrated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons.

(a) Nitromethane.

(b) Nitroethane.

(d) Trinitromethane*, etc.

(2) Nitrated derivatives of cyclic hydrocarbons.

(a) Nitrobenzene (oil of mirbane). Shining yellow crystals or oily yellowish liquid, with the odour of bitter almonds; used in perfumery, in soap-making, in organic synthesis, as a denaturing agent, etc.

(b) m-Dinitrobenzene. Colourless needles or flakes; used for the preparation of explosives.

(d) 2,4-Dinitrotoluene. Crystals used in the manufacture of explosives.

(e) 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene. Powerful explosive.

Prepared explosive mixtures of these derivatives are excluded (heading 36.02).

(f) 5-tert-Butyl-2,4,6-trinitrometaxylene (xylene musk); used in perfumery.

(g) Nitroxylene, 3-tert-butyl-2,6-dinitro-p-cymene (cymene musk), nitronaphthalene, etc.

These are hydrocarbons in which one or more atoms of hydrogen have been replaced by a like number of nitroso groups (-NO).

(1) Nitrosobenzene.

(2) Nitrosotoluene(o-, m- and p-)*.

(D) SULPHOHALOGENATED DERIVATIVES

These are hydrocarbon derivatives the molecules of which contain one or more sulpho groups (‑SO₃H) or salts or ethyl esters thereof and one or more halogens, or else a halosulphonyl group.

(1) Chloro-, bromo- and iodobenzenesulphonic acids (o-, m and p-)*.

(2) Chloro-, bromo- and iodobenzenedisulphonic acids.

(3) Chloronaphthalenesulphonic acids.

(4) p-Toluenesulphonyl chloride.

(5) Perfluorooctane sulphonic acid (PFOS)*. The production and use of PFOS, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF) is controlled by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and by the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (see also headings 29.22, 29.23, 29.35, 38.08 and 38.24).

(E) NITROHALOGENATED DERIVATIVES

These are hydrocarbon derivatives the molecules of which contain one or more nitro groups (‑NO₂) and one or more halogens.

(1) Trichloronitromethane or chloropicrin.

(2) Iodotrinitromethane (iodopicrin).

(3) Chloronitromethane.

(4) Bromonitromethane.

(5) Iodonitromethane.

(6) Chloronitrobenzene.

(7) Chloronitrotoluene.

(F) NITROSULPHONATED DERIVATIVES

These are hydrocarbon derivatives the molecules of which contain one or more nitro groups (-NO₂) and one or more sulpho groups (-SO₃H) or salts or ethyl esters thereof.

(1) Nitrobenzenesulphonic and di- and trinitrobenzenesulphonic acids.

(2) Nitrotoluenesulphonic and di- and trinitrotoluenesulphonic acids.

(3) Nitronaphthalenesulphonic acids.

(4) Dinitrostilbenedisulphonic acids.

(G) NITROSULPHOHALOGENATED OR OTHER COMPOUND DERIVATIVES

These are compound derivatives of a kind not specified above, for example, those which contain one or more nitro groups (-NO₂), sulpho groups (-SO₃H) or salts or ethyl esters thereof and one or more halogens. Specific examples are the sulphonated derivatives of chloronitrobenzenes, of chloronitrotoluenes, etc.

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FAQs

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HS code 2904 includes Organic chemicals - Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated..

How many sub-headings are there in HS code 2904?

There are 10 sub-heading(s) in HS code 2904.

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