CN codes / chapter 38
CN chapter 38 and EU sanctions
Miscellaneous chemical products
In chapter 38 of the Combined Nomenclature (Miscellaneous chemical products), 35 CN codes are restricted by EU measures: 29 toward Russia and 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3801 | Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures | Belarus, Iran, Russia | export, import |
| 3802 | Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, whether or not spent | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 3803 | Tall oil, whether or not refined | Russia, Belarus | import |
| 3806 | Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 3807 | Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewer’s pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or vegetable pitch (excl. burgundy pitch, yellow pitch, stearin pitch, fatty acid pitch, fatty tar and glycerin pitch) | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 3808 94 | Disinfectants, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 3809 | Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations such as dressings and mordants of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, n.e.s. | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 3810 | Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding pastes and powders consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as coatings or cores for welding electrodes or rods | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 3811 | Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils, incl. gasoline, or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils | Belarus, Russia | export, import and export, import |
| 3811 19 00 | Other | Russia | import |
| 3811 21 00 | – oxidation inhibitors containing petroleum oils; – containing petroleum oils | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 3811 29 00 | – other oxidation inhibitors | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 3811 90 | Other | Russia | export |
| 3811 90 00 | Oxidation inhibitors used for other liquids used for the same purpose as mineral oils; Static dissipater additives for other liquids used for the same purpose as mineral oils; Corrosion inhibitors for other liquids used for the same purpose as mineral oils; Fuel system icing inhibitors for other liquids used for the same purpose as mineral oils; Metal de-activator for other liquids used for the same purpose as mineral oils; Biocide additives for other liquids used for the same purpose as mineral oils; Thermal stability improver for other liquids used for the same purpose as mineral oils | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 3812 | Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics | Belarus, Russia | export, import |
| 3813 | Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades (excl. full or empty fire-extinguishing devices, whether or not portable, unmixed chemically undefined products with fire-extinguishing properties in other forms) | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 3814 | Organic composite solvents and thinners, n.e.s.; prepared paint or varnish removers (excl. nail varnish remover) | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 3815 | Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, n.e.s. (excl. rubber accelerators) | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 3815 12 | Supported catalysts with precious metal or a precious-metal compound as the active substance, not else specified | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 3816 | Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 3801 | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 3817 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes produced by the alkylation of benzene and naphthalene (excl. mixed isomers of cyclic hydrocarbons) | Belarus, Russia | export, import |
| 3818 00 | Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 3819 | Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission not containing petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil, or containing < 70 % petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil by weight | Belarus, Russia | export, import |
| 3820 | Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids (excl. prepared additives for mineral oils or other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils) | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 3823 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols | Belarus, Russia | import, export |
| 3824 | Prepared 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 | Belarus, Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts | export, import |
| ex 3824 99 92 | – – – – – – In the form of a liquid at 20 °C | North Korea | import, export |
| ex 3824 99 93 | – – – – – – Other | North Korea | import, export |
| ex 3824 99 96 | – – – – – Other | North Korea | import, export |
| 3825 90 | Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, n.e.s. (excl. waste) | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 3826 | Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing or containing < 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 3826 00 | Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | Crimea and Sevastopol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts | export |
| 3826 00 10 | – Fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters, containing by volume 96,5 % or more of esters (FAMAE) | North Korea | import, export |
| 3826 00 90 | – Other | North Korea | import, export |
| 3827 90 | Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not else specified in other sub-headings pertaining to Heading 3827 | Belarus, Russia | export |
Frequently asked questions
Is the whole of chapter 38 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 38 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.
Informational content, not legal or customs advice. The binding source is the regulation text on EUR-Lex, and the declarant is responsible for the customs declaration.