CN codes / chapter 28
CN chapter 28 and EU sanctions
Inorganic chemicals; compounds of precious metals and radioactive elements
In chapter 28 of the Combined Nomenclature (Inorganic chemicals; compounds of precious metals and radioactive elements), 53 CN codes are restricted by EU measures: 50 toward Russia and 45 toward Belarus. Determine the status of a single product on its code page, because the same chapter can hold both restricted and unrestricted entries.
| CN code | Goods | Regime | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES | Crimea and Sevastopol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts | export |
| 2801 | Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2802 | Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2803 | Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included) | Belarus, Russia | export, import |
| 2804 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2804 29 10 | Helium | Belarus, Russia | import |
| 2804 50 10 | Boron | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2804 61 | Silicon containing ≥ 99,99 % by weight of silicon | Belarus, Russia | import |
| 2804 69 | Silicon containing < 99,99 % by weight of silicon | Belarus, Russia | import |
| 2806 | Hydrogen chloride ‘hydrochloric acid’; chlorosulphuric acid | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2810 00 10 | Diboron trioxide | Russia | import |
| 2810 00 90 | Other oxides of boron; boric acids | Russia | import |
| 2811 | Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals | Belarus, Russia | export, import |
| 2812 11 00 | Phosgene (carbonyl chloride) | Iran | import |
| 2812 15 00 | Sulphur monochloride | Russia | import |
| ex 2812 90 00 | Difluoroamine (CAS 10405-27-3) | Iran (military support to Russia) | export |
| 2813 | Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2814 | Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution | Belarus, Iran, Russia | export, import |
| 2814 10 00 | Anhydrous ammonia | Russia | import |
| 2815 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium | Belarus, Russia | import, export |
| 2816 | Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium | Belarus, Russia | import |
| 2817 | Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide | Belarus, Russia | import, export |
| 2818 | Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide | Belarus, Russia | import |
| 2818 30 | Aluminium hydroxide | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2819 | Chromium oxides and hydroxides | Belarus, Russia | import, export |
| 2819 10 | Chromium trioxide | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2819 90 | Other chromium oxides and hydroxides | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2820 | Manganese oxides | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2821 | Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3 | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2822 | Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2823 | Titanium oxides | Belarus, Russia | export |
| ex 2825 | Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, except for CN code 28253000 | Russia, Belarus | import, export |
| 2825 20 00 | Lithium oxide and hydroxide | Russia | import |
| 2825 80 00 | Antimony oxides | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2827 | Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2828 | Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2829 | Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2829 11 00 | Chlorates of sodium | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2829 19 00 | Other chlorates | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2829 90 | Perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2832 20 | Sulphites (excluding sodium) | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2833 | Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates) | Belarus, Russia | import, export |
| 2834 | Nitrites; nitrates | Belarus, Russia | import, export |
| ex 2835 | Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined, except for CN code 28352600 | Russia, Belarus | import, export |
| 2836 | Carbonates; peroxocarbonates ‘percarbonates’; commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate | Belarus, Russia | export, import |
| 2839 | Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2840 | Borates; Peroxoborates (perborates) | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2841 | Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2843 | Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2845 40 | Helium-3 | Belarus, Russia | import |
| 2846 | Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2847 | Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 2849 | Carbides, whether or not chemically defined | Belarus, Russia | import |
Frequently asked questions
Is the whole of chapter 28 under sanctions?
No. The annexes list specific entries rather than whole chapters, with few exceptions. This list contains only codes present in the goods annexes. A code from chapter 28 that is not here requires separate verification, because restrictions outside the CN database may apply, for example dual-use or entity-based bans.
How do I know whether it is an export or import ban?
The direction follows from the article and annex where the code appears. The same code may be under an export ban to Russia and an import ban from Belarus at the same time. For every code we show the regime, annex, article and direction separately.
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