SECTION VI   PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES
Chapter 28   Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes.
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    I.- CHEMICAL ELEMENTS                        
28.01   Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2801.10 000 Chlorine 3%   2.5% Free               KG
2801.20 000 Iodine Free   (Free)                 KG
2801.30 000 Fluorine; bromine Free   (Free)                 KG
28.02                            
2802.00 000 Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur. Free   (Free)     Free Free Free Free Free   KG
28.03                            
2803.00 000 Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included). 4.6%   3.9% Free   Free Free Free Free Free   KG
28.04   Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2804.10 000 Hydrogen 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
    Rare gases                        
2804.21 000 Argon Free   (Free)                 KG
2804.29   Other Free   (Free)                  
  100 - Helium                       KG
  200 - Other                       KG
2804.30 000 Nitrogen 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2804.40 000 Oxygen 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2804.50 000 Boron; tellurium 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
    Silicon                        
2804.61   Containing by weight not less than 99.99 % of silicon                        
  100 1 OF single crystal Free   (Free)                 KG
  200 2 Other 3.9%   Free Free               KG
2804.69 000 Other Free   (Free)                 KG
2804.70 000 Phosphorus Free   (Free)                 KG
2804.80 000 Arsenic 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2804.90 000 Selenium 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
28.05   Alkali or alkaline -earth metals; rare -earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury.           Free Free Free Free Free    
    Alkali or alkaline-earth metals                        
2805.11 000 Sodium 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
2805.12 000 Calcium Free   (Free)                 KG
2805.19 000 Other Free   (Free)                 KG
2805.30 000 Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed Free   (3.3%)                 KG
2805.40 000 Mercury 6.4%   5.4% Free               KG
    II.- INORGANIC ACIDS AND INORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS                        
28.06   Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2806.10 000 Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid) 3%   2.5% Free               KG
2806.20 000 Chlorosulphuric acid Free   (Free)                 KG
28.07                            
2807.00 000 Sulphuric acid; oleum. 3%   2.5% Free   Free Free Free Free Free   KG
28.08                            
2808.00 000 Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids. 3%   2.5% Free   Free Free Free Free Free   KG
28.09   Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid; polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2809.10 000 Diphosphorus pentaoxide 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2809.20 000 Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
28.10                            
2810.00 000 Oxides of boron; boric acids. Free   (Free)     Free Free Free Free Free   KG
28.11   Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals.           Free Free Free Free Free    
    Other inorganic acid                        
2811.11 000 Hydrogen fluoride (hydrofluoric acid) 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2811.19   Other 3.9%     Free                
  100 - Hydrobromic acid     Free                 KG
  900 - Other     3.3%                 KG
    Other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals :                        
2811.21 000 Carbon dioxide 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2811.22 000 Silicon dioxide 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2811.29   Other                        
    1 Dinitrogen tetroxide and Sulphur dioxide Free                      
  110 - Dinitrogen tetroxide     (3.6%)                 KG
  120 - Sulphur dioxide     (Free)                 KG
  900 2 Other 4.3%   3.6% Free               KG
    III.- HALOGEN OR SULPHUR COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS                        
28.12   Halides and halide oxides of non-metals.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2812.10 000 Chlorides and chloride oxides 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2812.90 000 Other 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
28.13   Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2813.10 000 Carbon disulphide Free   (Free)                 KG
2813.90 000 Other 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
    IV.- INORGANIC BASES AND OXIDES, HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES OF METALS                        
28.14   Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2814.10 000 Anhydrous ammonia 3%   2.5% Free               KG
2814.20 000 Ammonia in aqueous solution 3%   2.5% Free               KG
28.15   Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium.           Free Free Free Free Free    
    Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) :                        
2815.11 000 Solid 6.4%   5.3% Free               KG
2815.12 000 In aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) 6.4%   5.3% Free               KG
2815.20 000 Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
2815.30 000 Peroxides of sodium or potassium 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
28.16   Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2816.10 000 Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2816.40 000 Oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium 3.9%   ! 3.3%~(3.9%) Free               KG
28.17                            
2817.00 000 Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide. 5.2%   4.3% Free   Free Free Free Free Free   KG
28.18   Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2818.10   Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined 3.9%   3.3% Free                
  010 - Sized grains                       KG
  090 - Other                       KG
2818.20 000 Aluminium oxide, other than artificial corundum Free   (Free)                 KG
2818.30 000 Aluminium hydroxide 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
28.19   Chromium oxides and hydroxides.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2819.10 000 Chromium trioxide 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2819.90 000 Other 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
28.20   Manganese oxides.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2820.10 000 Manganese dioxide 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2820.90 000 Other 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
28.21   Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2821.10   Iron oxides and hydroxides 3.9%   3.3% Free                
  010 - Iron oxides                       KG
  090 - Iron hydroxides                       KG
2821.20 000 Earth colours 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
28.22                            
2822.00   Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides. Free   (Free)     Free Free Free Free Free    
  010 - Cobalt oxides and commercial cobalt oxides                       KG
  090 - Cobalt hydroxides                       KG
28.23                            
2823.00 000 Titanium oxides. 4.8%   4% Free   Free Free Free Free Free   KG
28.24   Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2824.10 000 Lead monoxide (litharge, massicot) 5.6%   4.7% Free               KG
2824.90   Other                        
  100 1 Red lead and orange lead 5.6%   4.7% Free               KG
  900 2 Other Free   (Free)                 KG
28.25   Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2825.10   Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts                        
  030 1 Hydrazine anhydride Free   (3.9%)                 KG
    2 Other 4.6%   3.9% Free                
  050 - Hydrazine and its inorganic salts                       KG
  090 -Hydroxylamine and its inorganic salts                       KG
2825.20 000 Lithium oxide and hydroxide Free   (Free)                 KG
2825.30 000 Vanadium oxides and hydroxides Free   (Free)                 KG
2825.40 000 Nickel oxides and hydroxides 5.8%   4.8% Free               KG
2825.50 000 Copper oxides and hydroxides 5.8%   4.8% Free               KG
2825.60   Germanium oxides and zirconium dioxide                        
  100 1 Germanium dioxide Free   (Free)                 KG
  200 2 Other 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
2825.70 000 Molybdenum oxides and hydroxides Free   (Free)                 KG
2825.80   Antimony oxides 5.8%     Free                
  010 - Antimony trioxide, less than 199yen/kg in value for customs duty     5.5%                 KG
    - Other     4.8%                  
  021 -- Antimony trioxide, not less than 199yen/kg in value for customs duty                       KG
  029 -- Other                       KG
2825.90   Other                        
  100 1 Stannous oxide and stannic oxide 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
  200 2 Beryllium oxide Free   (Free)                 KG
  900 3 Other 4.6%   Free Free               KG
    V.- SALTS AND PEROXYSALTS, OF INORGANIC ACIDS AND METALS                        
28.26   Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts.           Free Free Free Free Free    
    Fluorides :                        
2826.12 000 Of aluminium 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2826.19   Other 3.9%     Free                
  010 - Of ammonium or of sodium     3.3%                 KG
  090 - Other     3.3%                 KG
2826.30 000 Sodium hexafluoroaluminate (synthetic cryolite) Free   (Free)                 KG
2826.90   Other                        
  100 1 Fluorosilicates of sodium or of potassium 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
    2 Other Free   (Free)                  
  910 -Potassium fluorotantalate                       KG
  990 - Other                       KG
28.27   Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2827.10 000 Ammonium chloride Free   (Free)                 KG
2827.20 000 Calcium chloride 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
    Other chlorides :                        
2827.31 000 Of magnesium 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2827.32 000 Of aluminium 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2827.35 000 Of nickel 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2827.39   Other                        
  100 1 Of zink 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
    2 Other 3.9%     Free                
  910 - Of iron     3.3%                 KG
  920 -  Of cobalt     3.3%                 KG
  990 - Other     ! 3.3%~(3.9%) Free               KG
    Chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides :                        
2827.41 000 Of copper 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2827.49 000 Other 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
    Bromides and bromide oxides :                        
2827.51 000 Bromides of sodium or of potassium 4.6%   Free Free               KG
2827.59   Other 4.6%     Free                
  100 - Ammonium bromide     Free                 KG
  900 - Other     3.9%                 KG
2827.60 000 Iodides and iodide oxides 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
28.28   Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2828.10 000 Commercial calcium hypochlorite and other calcium hypochlorites 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2828.90 000 Other 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
28.29   Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates.           Free Free Free Free Free    
    Chlorates :                        
2829.11 000 Of sodium 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2829.19 000 Other 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2829.90   Other 4.6%     Free                
  100 - Bromates     Free                 KG
  900 - Other     3.9%                 KG
28.30   Sulphides; polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2830.10 000 Sodium sulphides 3%   2.5% Free               KG
2830.90   Other Free                      
  010 - Zinc sulphide     (Free)                 KG
  020 - Antimony trisulphide     (Free)                 KG
  090 - Other     (Free)                 KG
28.31   Dithionites and sulphoxylates.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2831.10 000 Of sodium 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2831.90 000 Other 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
28.32   Sulphites; thiosulphates.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2832.10 000 Sodium sulphites 6.6%   5.4% Free               KG
2832.20 000 Other sulphites 6.6%   5.4% Free               KG
2832.30 000 Thiosulphates 6.6%   5.4% Free               KG
28.33   Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates).           Free Free Free Free Free    
    Sodium sulphates :                        
2833.11 000 Disodium sulphate 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2833.19 000 Other 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
    Other sulphates :                        
2833.21 000 Of magnesium Free   (Free)                 KG
2833.22 000 Of aluminium Free   (Free)                 KG
2833.24 000 Of nickel 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
2833.25 000 Of copper 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
2833.27 000 Of barium 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
2833.29   Other                        
  100 1 Of zinc 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
    2 Other Free                      
  910 -  Of chromium     (Free)                 KG
  990 - Other     (Free)                 KG
2833.30 000 Alums Free   (Free)                 KG
2833.40 000 Peroxosulphates (persulphates) Free   (Free)                 KG
28.34   Nitrites; nitrates.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2834.10 000 Nitrites 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
    Nitrates :                        
2834.21 000 Of potassium 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
2834.29   Other                        
  100 1 Calcium nitrate Free   (Free)                 KG
  200 2 Barium nitrate 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
  300 3 Other 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
28.35   Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2835.10 000 Phosphinates (hypophosphites) and phosphonates (phosphites) 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
    Phosphates :                        
2835.22 000 Of mono- or disodium 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
2835.24 000 Of potassium 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
2835.25 000 Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate (“dicalcium phosphate”) 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
2835.26 000 Other phosphates of calcium 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
2835.29   Other 4.6%     Free                
  010 - Of trisodium     3.9%                 KG
  090 - Other     3.9%                 KG
    Polyphosphates :                        
2835.31 000 Sodium triphosphate (sodium tripolyphosphate) 5.6%   4.7% Free               KG
2835.39 000 Other 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
28.36   Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2836.20   Disodium carbonate                        
  100 1 Soda ash 1.68 yen/kg   5.5% Free               KG
  200 2 Other 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2836.30 000 Sodium hydrogencarbonate (sodium bicarbonate) 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
2836.40 000 Potassium carbonates 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
2836.50 000 Calcium carbonate 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2836.60 000 Barium carbonate 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
    Other                        
2836.91 000 Lithium carbonates Free   (Free)                 KG
2836.92 000 Strontium carbonate 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2836.99 000 Other 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
28.37   Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides.           Free Free Free Free Free    
    Cyanides and cyanide oxides :                        
2837.11 000 Of sodium 5.2%   4.3% Free               KG
2837.19 000 Other 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2837.20 000 Complex cyanides 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
28.39   Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates.           Free Free Free Free Free    
    Of sodium :                        
2839.11 000 Sodium metasilicates 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2839.19 000 Other 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2839.90   Other 3.9%     Free                
  010 - Of potassium     3.3%                 KG
  090 - Other     3.3%                 KG
28.40   Borates; peroxoborates (perborates).           Free Free Free Free Free    
    Disodium tetraborate (refined borax) :                        
2840.11 000 Anhydrous Free   (Free)                 KG
2840.19 000 Other Free   (Free)                 KG
2840.20 000 Other borates Free   (Free)                 KG
2840.30 000 Peroxoborates (perborates) Free   (Free)                 KG
28.41   Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2841.30 000 Sodium dichromate Free   (4%)                 KG
2841.50   Other chromates and dichromates; peroxochromates 4.8%     Free                
  010 - Chromates of zinc or of lead     4%                 KG
  090 - Other     4%                 KG
    Manganites, manganates and permanganates :                        
2841.61 000 Potassium permanganate 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
2841.69 000 Other 4.6%   3.9% Free               KG
2841.70 000 Molybdates 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2841.80 000 Tungstates (wolframates) 3.9%   3.3% Free               KG
2841.90   Other 3.9%     Free                
  010 - Aluminates     3.3%                 KG
  090 - Other     3.3%                 KG
28.42   Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2842.10 000 Double or complex silicates, including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined 3.8%   ! 2.6%~3.3% Free               KG
2842.90   Other 3.9%     Free                
  010 - Fulminates, cyanates and thiocyanates     3.3%                 KG
  090 - Other     3.3%                 KG
    VI.- MISCELLANEOUS                        
28.43   Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2843.10 000 Colloidal precious metals 3%   2.5% Free               KG
    Silver compounds :                        
2843.21 000 Silver nitrate 3%   2.5% Free               KG
2843.29 000 Other 3%   2.5% Free               KG
2843.30 000 Gold compounds 3%   2.5% Free               KG
2843.90 000 Other compounds; amalgams 3%   2.5% Free               KG
28.44   Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2844.10 000 Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds Free   (Free)                 KG
2844.20   Uranium enriched in U 235 and its compounds; plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U 235, plutonium or compounds of these products Free                      
  010 - Fissile isotopes     (Free)                 KG
  090 - Other     (Free)                 KG
2844.30 000 Uranium depleted in U 235 and its compounds; thorium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U 235, thorium or compounds of these products Free   (Free)                 KG
2844.40   Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of subheading 2844.10, 2844.20 or 2844.30; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues Free                      
  010 - Compounds of fissile isotopes or alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these compounds     (Free)                 KG
    - Other     (Free)                  
  020 -- Compounds of radioactive isotopes or alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these compounds                       GR
  090 -- Other                       GR
2844.50   Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors Free                      
  010 - Of fissile isotopes     (Free)                 GR
  090 - Other     (Free)                 KG
28.45   Isotopes other than those of heading 28.44; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2845.10 000 Heavy water (deuterium oxide) Free   (Free)                 KG
2845.90 000 Other Free   (Free)                 KG
28.46   Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare -earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2846.10   Cerium compounds Free   (3.3%)                  
  010 - Cerium oxide                       KG
  090 - Other                       KG
2846.90   Other Free   (3.3%)                  
  210 - Yttrium oxide                       KG
  220 - Lanthanum oxide                       KG
  290 - Other                       KG
28.47                            
2847.00 000 Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea. 3.9%   3.3% Free   Free Free Free Free Free   KG
28.48                            
2848.00 000 Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus. 3.9%   3.3% Free   Free Free Free Free Free   KG
28.49   Carbides, whether or not chemically defined.           Free Free Free Free Free    
2849.10 000 Of calcium 3%   2.5% Free               KG
2849.20   Of silicon 3.9%   3.3% Free                
  010 - Sized grains                       KG
  090 - Other                       KG
2849.90   Other 3%   2.5% Free                
  010 - Boron carbide, niobium carbide and tantalum carbide                       KG
  090 - Other                       KG
28.50                            
2850.00 000 Hydrides, nitride s, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of heading 28.49. 3.9%   3.3% Free   Free Free Free Free Free   KG
28.52                            
2852.00   Compounds, inorganic or organic, of mercury, excluding amalgams.           Free   Free Free Free    
  100 1 Certified reference materials Free   (Free)       Free         KG
    2 Inorganic compounds and articles thereof:             Free          
  210 (1)Sulphates Free   (Free)                 KG
  220 (2)Chemical preparations for photographic uses (other than varnishes, glues, adhesives and similar preparations); unmixed products for photographic uses, put up in measured portions or put up for retail sale in a form ready for use 4.6%   Free Free               KG
    (3)Other 3%                      
  291 - Mercury carbides     2.5% Free               KG
  299 - Other     ! 2.5%~(4.8%) Free               KG
    3 Organic compounds and articles thereof:                        
    (1)Tanninng extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives:                        
  911 A Tannins and their derivatives 3%   2.5% Free     Free         KG
  919 B Other Free   (Free)       Free         KG
  920 (2)Albuminoidal substances and their derivatives, excluding albuminates and other albumin derivatives 6.8%   5.1% Free               KG
  990 (3)Other 3%   ! 2.5%~(4.4%) Free     Other than mercury salt of albumin
Free