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HS 2022 subheading

HS code 2809.20: Phosphoric acid

HS code 2809.20 covers: Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids. It is a subheading of heading 2809, in chapter 28.

Where 2809.20 sits in the tariff

The first six digits are the same in every country that uses the Harmonized System. Countries and regions add their own digits after them.

  1. Chapter

    28 Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals; of rare earth metals, of radio-active elements and of isotopes

  2. Heading

    2809II. INORGANIC ACIDS AND INORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS

  3. Subheading

    2809.20 Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids

Other subheadings under heading 2809

  • 2809.10Diphosphorus pentoxide
  • 2809.20Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acidsThis page

How tariffs divide 2809.20 further

National and regional tariffs add digits after the six shared ones, splitting this subheading into more specific lines. The tables list every line we hold for 2809.20 in this language, in each publisher's own wording.

TariffApplies inLines
EU Combined Nomenclature (CN8)European Union1
US Harmonized Tariff ScheduleUnited States4
UK Global Tariff commodity codesUnited Kingdom1
India ITC-HS (8-digit)India2
GCC integrated customs tariff (12-digit)Gulf Cooperation Council, UAE schedule2
EAC Common External TariffEast African Community1
Brazil NCMBrazil and Mercosur5
Turkey GTIPTürkiye5
Egypt customs tariff (10-digit)Egypt2
ECOWAS Common External TariffWest Africa1
Lines in total24

EU Combined Nomenclature (CN8)

European Union — 1 line

CodeDescription
2809 20 00Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid; polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined – Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids

US Harmonized Tariff Schedule

United States — 4 lines

CodeDescription
2809 20 00 10Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids – Phosphoric acid – Fertilizer grade – Containing less than 65 percent available diphosphorus pentaoxide (P2O5) equivalents
2809 20 00 20Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids – Phosphoric acid – Fertilizer grade – Other
2809 20 00 30Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids – Phosphoric acid – Other
2809 20 00 40Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids – Polyphosphoric acids

UK Global Tariff commodity codes

United Kingdom — 1 line

CodeDescription
2809 20 00 00Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids

India ITC-HS (8-digit)

India — 2 lines

CodeDescription
2809 20 10Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids : – Phosporic acid Kg
2809 20 20Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids : – Polyphosphoric acids

GCC integrated customs tariff (12-digit)

Gulf Cooperation Council, UAE schedule — 2 lines

CodeDescription
2809 20 10 00 00Phosphoric acid whether or not chemically defined.
2809 20 20 00 00Polyphosphoric acids whether or not chemically defined.

EAC Common External Tariff

East African Community — 1 line

CodeDescription
2809 20 00Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids

Brazil NCM

Brazil and Mercosur — 5 lines

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
2809 20 11Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids – Phosphoric acid – With an iron content of less than 750 ppm
2809 20 19Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids – Phosphoric acid – Other
2809 20 20Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids – Metaphosphoric acids
2809 20 30Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids – Pyrophosphoric acid
2809 20 90Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids – Other

Turkey GTIP

Türkiye — 5 lines

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
2809 20 00 00 11Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids – Hypophosphoric acid (H4P2O6) KgPO |
2809 20 00 00 12Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids – Metaphosphoric acids KaP:Oş
2809 20 00 00 14Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids – Pyrophosphoric acids H4P2O7
2809 20 00 00 15Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids – Polyphosphoric acids KgP3Os
2809 20 00 00 17Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids – Orthophosphoric acids (phosphoric acid): – Other KaP:Os

Egypt customs tariff (10-digit)

Egypt — 2 lines

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
2809 20 00 10Phosphoric acid.
2809 20 00 90Other polyphosphoric acids.

ECOWAS Common External Tariff

West Africa — 1 line

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
2809 20 00 00Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids

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  • Egyptian Customs
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  • EAC
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  • Eurasian Economic Commission
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