HS Code 2818Aluminium oxide (including artificial corundum); aluminium hydroxide

What HS code 2818 covers

Heading 2818 groups two materials. The first is aluminium oxide, which includes artificial corundum. The second is aluminium hydroxide. Traders often call aluminium oxide alumina. In the US the word is spelled aluminum oxide, and the code is the same.

Customs classification works in layers. The heading number is the first four digits of a product code. The next two digits split the heading into subheadings. The full code goes on shipping papers, so it needs to match the goods.

Plain compounds of metals and non-metals are placed there. Finished products made from them are not.

Aluminium oxide HS code: 281810, 281820 or 281830

Your product has to fit that wording. Use the steps below to choose.

Start with the material. If it is aluminium hydroxide, the answer is 281830. If it is aluminium oxide, ask one more question: is it artificial corundum? If yes, use 281810. If no, use 281820.

That is the whole difference between 281810 and 281820. Both cover aluminium oxide. The first is limited to artificial corundum. The second takes every other kind of aluminium oxide. Alumina and calcined alumina are trade names for aluminium oxide, so they go to 281820 unless the goods are artificial corundum. Check the product data sheet against the wording each time.

• 281810: Aluminium oxide; artificial corundum
• 281820: Aluminium oxide; other than artificial corundum
• 281830: Aluminium hydroxide

Related oxide and hydroxide headings in Chapter 28

Many metal oxides sit side by side in this chapter. A mix-up with a neighbour is easy, because the names sound alike. Check the metal first. Only aluminium belongs under 2818.

If your goods are not aluminium, one of these headings may fit better:

• 2816 for hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium, and oxides, hydroxides and peroxides of strontium or barium
• 2817 for zinc oxide and peroxide
• 2819 for chromium oxides and hydroxides
• 2823 for titanium oxides
• 2825 for other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, and some other inorganic bases
• 2849 for carbides, which are compounds with carbon and not oxides

Find importers and exporters of aluminium oxide

Once you know the code, you can look for the companies behind the trade. A code search is the fastest way to see who buys and sells a product. These are the facts about the data.

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If you are unsure which code fits your goods, try the HS code classifier first. Then use the import data and export data pages to look at shipment records for the code you chose.