HS Code 3824Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included

What HS code 3824 covers

The legal title is long, so here is the short version. This heading holds made chemical goods: mixtures and preparations that customs cannot place in a more exact heading. Some groups inside it are very specific. Others are a true catch-all.

The six-digit codes fall into a few plain groups:

• Foundry binders (382410): prepared binders that hold sand together in moulds and cores.
• Cement, mortar and concrete goods (382440 and 382450): prepared additives, and mortars and concretes that are not refractory.
• Sorbitol (382460): only sorbitol that has no separate subheading of its own elsewhere.
• Regulated mixtures (382481 to 382489): products that contain substances named in Subheading Note 3.
• Phosphonate chemicals (382491 and 382492): narrow groups defined by their exact chemistry.
• Everything else (382499): the n.e.c.

Subheading Note 3 mixtures, 382481 to 382489

These codes share one idea. Each covers a mixture or preparation that contains a substance named in Subheading Note 3 of the chapter. The code you pick depends on which substance is in the product.

Examples show how it works. A mixture containing oxirane, also called ethylene oxide, goes to 382481. A mixture containing PCBs, PCTs or PBBs goes to 382482. One containing aldrin, DDT, dieldrin or similar pesticides goes to 382484. A mixture with perfluorooctane sulphonic acid or its salts goes to 382487. A mixture with short-chain chlorinated paraffins goes to 382489.

Many of these substances are tightly controlled in trade. Check the rules of your own country before you ship or buy. The code only tells customs what the product is.

What does heading 3824 not include?

Because this is a residual heading, it only takes goods that no other heading claims. Check the neighbours first.

That is why 382450 is limited to non-refractory mortars and concretes. Industrial fatty acids, acid oils and fatty alcohols belong in heading 3823. Residual products of the chemical industry, such as municipal waste and sewage sludge, belong in heading 3825.

Sorbitol that has its own subheading elsewhere is also outside 382460.

What is the HSN code for 3824, and how do you pick a code?

India and other countries that say HSN use the same first six digits as the HS. So the HSN code 3824 is the same heading described on this page. Countries add their own extra digits after the sixth, and those national tariff lines differ from place to place.

A simple way to choose a code: first check whether a more exact heading in Chapter 38 fits. Then ask whether the product is a binder, an additive, sorbitol, a carbide or a Note 3 mixture. Use 382499 only if none of these fit. If you are unsure, try the HS code classifier.

Find new buyers in the 3824 import market

Knowing the code is the first step. The next step is to see who trades under it. Look up any six-digit code above, such as 382410 for foundry binders or 382440 for concrete additives.

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