HS Code 2826Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts

What is covered under HS code 2826?

This heading is for salts of fluorine. A fluoride is a compound where fluorine is bonded to a metal or to another element. The heading also takes fluorosilicates and fluoroaluminates. These are salts that hold fluorine together with silicon or with aluminium. Together with other mixed salts they are called complex fluorine salts.

The heading belongs to Chapter 28, the home of inorganic chemicals. Many traders call the same number the HSN code 2826. The name is different, but the digits are the same. Customs tariff classification starts from these shared digits. Each country then adds its own detail at the end of the code.

If you want the full list of what sits beside this heading, start at the Chapter 28 inorganic chemicals page.

Six-digit codes under HS code 2826: aluminium fluoride, cryolite and more

The heading splits into separate codes. Each one has a narrow job, and each one has a plain product name that buyers use every day.

• 282612 is aluminium fluoride. Use it for fluorides of aluminium.
• 282619 is for other fluorides. Any fluoride that is not of aluminium goes here.
• 282630 is sodium hexafluoroaluminate. It is also sold under the name synthetic cryolite.
• 282690 is the catch-all. It holds fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts that are not named anywhere else in the heading. The letters n.e.c. mean not elsewhere classified.

How to choose the right 2826 subheading

Start with the metal. If the salt is a fluoride of aluminium, use 282612. If it is a fluoride of any other metal, use 282619. Then check the product name. Sodium hexafluoroaluminate has its own code, 282630, so it should not be pushed into a general code.

A common misclassification is to file synthetic cryolite under 282690 because it is a fluoroaluminate. That is the wrong move when a named code exists. Treat 282690 as the last stop. Use it only when the salt is a fluorosilicate, a fluoroaluminate or another complex fluorine salt with no code of its own.

Two salts can both contain aluminium and fluorine and still fall under different codes. Aluminium fluoride is a simple fluoride of aluminium. Cryolite is a double salt with sodium. Check the exact chemical name on the supplier's data sheet before you pick a code.

Duty is a separate question. It depends on the national tariff line, which extends these six digits. Look up the line for your own country. If you are unsure which code fits your goods, try the HS code classifier.

Related headings: fluorine, halides and other salts

Some goods look close to fluorides but sit elsewhere. Pure fluorine, the element, is not a salt. It belongs in heading 2801, which also covers chlorine, bromine and iodine. Compounds of fluorine with other non-metals are halides, and those sit in heading 2812.

If the salt is a chloride, bromide or iodide, look at heading 2827 instead. Salts of other inorganic acids that have no heading of their own go to 2842. If the goods are aluminium oxide rather than a fluoride, the right place is heading 2818.

Checking these neighbours first can save you from a wrong declaration at the border.

HS 2826 import and export shipment data

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Try 282612, 282619, 282630 or 282690 to look at fluorides import data and export data. You can also go straight to buyer data or supplier data.