HS Code 3826Biodiesel and mixtures thereof; not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals

What HS code 3826 covers

Biodiesel is a fuel made from plant oils or animal fats. Customs offices use the Harmonized System to give goods like this a code. The code decides how a shipment is counted, checked and reported.

The heading also takes mixtures. A mixture can be pure biodiesel, or biodiesel blended with other oils. It may hold some petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals, but only a small part.

People search for this as the biodiesel HS code or the HSN code 3826. Both names point to the same heading, because HSN is the label some countries use for the same system. It sits in the chemical products chapter, so it is easy to miss if you only look in the fuels chapter.

382600 biodiesel classification and national codes

The world system stops at six digits. At this level, 382600 is the number you will see in customs classification tools and on trade tables.

Many countries add more digits for their own tariffs. These longer codes start with the same six digits. If you meet a longer number that begins this way, it is still biodiesel and its mixtures.

The endings differ from market to market. Check the exact code in the country you trade with. The HS code classifier can help you confirm the fit before you search records.

Is biodiesel blended with diesel classified under 3826?

It depends on how much petroleum is in the blend. The wording sets a limit by weight. A mixture belongs here if it has no petroleum oils, or less than 70 per cent of them. At 70 per cent or more, the goods fall outside this heading.

So a blend that is mostly biodiesel fits. A diesel blend with only a splash of biodiesel is mostly petroleum, and it does not.

Some nearby headings in Chapter 38 look close. Here is how they differ:

• HS 3823: industrial fatty acids, acid oils from refining and industrial fatty alcohols. These are chemical raw materials, not fuel.
• HS 3811: anti-knock preparations, gum inhibitors and other additives for mineral oils. They go into fuel. They are not the fuel.
• It shares the same weight limit, but the goods are fluids for hydraulic transmission.
• Use it only when no more specific heading fits.
• HS 3825: residual products of the chemical or allied industries, such as municipal waste and sewage sludge.

Biodiesel import and export records, buyers and suppliers

Once you know the code, you can look at real trade. Shipment records show what moved under the heading and who moved it. That helps if you sell biodiesel, buy it, or study the market.

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