HS Code 2843Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals

What HS code 2843 covers

Heading 2843 is for precious metals that are not sold as plain metal. It also covers the chemical compounds made from them. Silver and gold are the two metals named in the code list. The heading also has a catch-all code for other precious metals.

You may see the same heading called HSN code 2843 or HTS code 2843. The name changes by country, but the heading number is the same. The first six digits come from the Harmonized System, which is set by the World Customs Organization. Countries add their own extra digits after those six.

Three kinds of goods sit here. The first is colloidal precious metals, which are tiny metal particles spread through a liquid. The second is compounds, such as a silver salt or a gold salt. The third is an amalgam, which is a metal mixed with mercury. A compound can be chemically defined or not. Both fit this heading.

Silver nitrate, silver and gold compounds: which code?

The six-digit code depends on what the product is. Check the chemical name on the invoice or the safety data sheet, then match it to one of these.

Take the codes in this order. Start with the most specific one that fits. Use the catch-all code only when nothing else matches.

• 284321: silver nitrate. This is the code to use for the HS code for silver nitrate.
• 284329: all other silver compounds. Silver nitrate is excluded here.
• 284330: gold compounds.
• 284390: other compounds of precious metals not named elsewhere, and precious metal amalgams.

How 2843 differs from nearby headings

Many chemicals in Chapter 28 look alike on paper. These are the headings most often confused with 2843.

Use the HS classifier if the product is a blend or the name is unclear.

• HS 2852 covers compounds of mercury. Amalgams are left out of it. So a mercury compound goes to 2852, while an amalgam of a precious metal stays in 2843 (284390).
• HS 2853 covers amalgams that are not made with precious metals, along with other inorganic compounds not named elsewhere.
• HS 2846 covers compounds of rare-earth metals, yttrium and scandium. These are not precious metals in this system.
• HS 2844 covers radioactive elements and isotopes, and their compounds. A precious metal compound goes to these headings only if it is radioactive or an isotope compound.
• A salt of a precious metal belongs in 2843 instead.

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