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.

Statistical code

Description

Tariff rate

Tariff rate (EPA)

Unit

H.S. code

General

Temporary

WTO

GSP

LDC

Singapore

Mexico

Malaysia

Chile

Thailand

Indonesia

Brunei

ASEAN

Philippines

I.- CHEMICAL ELEMENTS

28.01

Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine.

Free

2801.10

000

Chlorine

2.5%

Free

2801.20

000

Iodine

Free

(Free)

2801.30

000

Fluorine; bromine

Free

(Free)

28.02

2802.00

000

Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur.

Free

(Free)

Free

28.03

2803.00

000

Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included).

4.6%

3.9%

Free

28.04

Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals.

Free

2804.10

000

Hydrogen

3.9%

3.3%

Free

Rare gases

2804.21

000

Argon

Free

(Free)

2804.29

Other

Free

(Free)

100

- Helium

200

- Other

2804.30

000

Nitrogen

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2804.40

000

Oxygen

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2804.50

000

Boron; tellurium

3.9%

3.3%

Free

Silicon

2804.61

Containing by weight not less than 99.99 % of silicon

100

1 ＯＦ single crystal

Free

(Free)

200

2 Other

3.9%

Free

2804.69

000

Other

Free

(Free)

2804.70

000

Phosphorus

Free

(Free)

2804.80

000

Arsenic

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2804.90

000

Selenium

4.6%

3.9%

Free

28.05

Alkali or alkaline -earth metals; rare -earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury.

Free

Alkali or alkaline-earth metals

2805.11

000

Sodium

4.6%

3.9%

Free

2805.12

000

Calcium

Free

(Free)

2805.19

000

Other

Free

(Free)

2805.30

000

Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed

Free

(3.3%)

2805.40

000

Mercury

6.4%

5.4%

Free

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

28.06

Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid.

Free

2806.10

000

Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid)

2.5%

Free

2806.20

000

Chlorosulphuric acid

Free

(Free)

28.07

2807.00

000

Sulphuric acid; oleum.

2.5%

Free

28.08

2808.00

000

Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids.

2.5%

Free

28.09

Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid; polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined.

Free

2809.10

000

Diphosphorus pentaoxide

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2809.20

000

Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids

3.9%

3.3%

Free

28.10

2810.00

000

Oxides of boron; boric acids.

Free

(Free)

Free

28.11

Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals.

Free

Other inorganic acid

2811.11

000

Hydrogen fluoride (hydrofluoric acid)

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2811.19

Other

3.9%

Free

100

- Hydrobromic acid

Free

900

- Other

3.3%

Other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals :

2811.21

000

Carbon dioxide

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2811.22

000

Silicon dioxide

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2811.29

Other

1 Dinitrogen tetroxide and Sulphur dioxide

Free

110

- Dinitrogen tetroxide

（3.6%）

120

- Sulphur dioxide

(Free)

900

2 Other

4.3%

3.6%

Free

III.- HALOGEN OR SULPHUR COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS

28.12

Halides and halide oxides of non-metals.

Free

2812.10

000

Chlorides and chloride oxides

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2812.90

000

Other

3.9%

3.3%

Free

28.13

Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide.

Free

2813.10

000

Carbon disulphide

Free

(Free)

2813.90

000

Other

3.9%

3.3%

Free

IV.- INORGANIC BASES AND OXIDES, HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES OF METALS

28.14

Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution.

Free

2814.10

000

Anhydrous ammonia

2.5%

Free

2814.20

000

Ammonia in aqueous solution

2.5%

Free

28.15

Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium.

Free

Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) :

2815.11

000

Solid

6.4%

5.3%

Free

2815.12

000

In aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda)

6.4%

5.3%

Free

2815.20

000

Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash)

4.6%

3.9%

Free

2815.30

000

Peroxides of sodium or potassium

4.6%

3.9%

Free

28.16

Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium.

Free

2816.10

000

Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2816.40

000

Oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium

3.9%

! 3.3%～(3.9%)

Free

28.17

2817.00

000

Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide.

5.2%

4.3%

Free

28.18

Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide.

Free

2818.10

Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined

3.9%

3.3%

Free

010

- Sized grains

090

- Other

2818.20

000

Aluminium oxide, other than artificial corundum

Free

(Free)

2818.30

000

Aluminium hydroxide

3.9%

3.3%

Free

28.19

Chromium oxides and hydroxides.

Free

2819.10

000

Chromium trioxide

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2819.90

000

Other

3.9%

3.3%

Free

28.20

Manganese oxides.

Free

2820.10

000

Manganese dioxide

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2820.90

000

Other

3.9%

3.3%

Free

28.21

Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3.

Free

2821.10

Iron oxides and hydroxides

3.9%

3.3%

Free

010

- Iron oxides

090

- Iron hydroxides

2821.20

000

Earth colours

3.9%

3.3%

Free

28.22

2822.00

Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides.

Free

(Free)

Free

010

- Cobalt oxides and commercial cobalt oxides

090

- Cobalt hydroxides

28.23

2823.00

000

Titanium oxides.

4.8%

Free

28.24

Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead.

Free

2824.10

000

Lead monoxide (litharge, massicot)

5.6%

4.7%

Free

2824.90

Other

100

1 Red lead and orange lead

5.6%

4.7%

Free

900

2 Other

Free

(Free)

28.25

Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides.

Free

2825.10

Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts

030

1 Hydrazine anhydride

Free

(3.9%)

2 Other

4.6%

3.9%

Free

050

- Hydrazine and its inorganic salts

090

-Hydroxylamine and its inorganic salts

2825.20

000

Lithium oxide and hydroxide

Free

(Free)

2825.30

000

Vanadium oxides and hydroxides

Free

(Free)

2825.40

000

Nickel oxides and hydroxides

5.8%

4.8%

Free

2825.50

000

Copper oxides and hydroxides

5.8%

4.8%

Free

2825.60

Germanium oxides and zirconium dioxide

100

1 Germanium dioxide

Free

(Free)

200

2 Other

4.6%

3.9%

Free

2825.70

000

Molybdenum oxides and hydroxides

Free

(Free)

2825.80

Antimony oxides

5.8%

010

- Antimony trioxide, less than 199yen/kg in value for customs duty

5.5%

Free

- Other

4.8%

021

-- Antimony trioxide, not less than 199yen/kg in value for customs duty

Free

029

-- Other

Free

2825.90

Other

100

1 Stannous oxide and stannic oxide

3.9%

3.3%

Free

200

2 Beryllium oxide

Free

(Free)

900

3 Other

4.6%

Free

V.- SALTS AND PEROXYSALTS, OF INORGANIC ACIDS AND METALS

28.26

Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts.

Free

Fluorides :

2826.12

000

Of aluminium

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2826.19

Other

3.9%

Free

010

- Of ammonium or of sodium

3.3%

090

- Other

3.3%

2826.30

000

Sodium hexafluoroaluminate (synthetic cryolite)

Free

(Free)

2826.90

Other

100

1 Fluorosilicates of sodium or of potassium

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2 Other

Free

(Free)

910

-Potassium fluorotantalate

990

- Other

28.27

Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides.

Free

2827.10

000

Ammonium chloride

Free

(Free)

2827.20

000

Calcium chloride

3.9%

3.3%

Free

Other chlorides :

2827.31

000

Of magnesium

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2827.32

000

Of aluminium

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2827.35

000

Of nickel

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2827.39

Other

100

1 Of zink

4.6%

3.9%

Free

2 Other

3.9%

Free

910

- Of iron

3.3%

920

- Of cobalt

3.3%

990

- Other

! 3.3%～(3.9%)

Free

Chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides :

2827.41

000

Of copper

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2827.49

000

Other

3.9%

3.3%

Free

Bromides and bromide oxides :

2827.51

000

Bromides of sodium or of potassium

4.6%

Free

2827.59

Other

4.6%

Free

100

- Ammonium bromide

Free

900

- Other

3.9%

2827.60

000

Iodides and iodide oxides

3.9%

3.3%

Free

28.28

Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites.

Free

2828.10

000

Commercial calcium hypochlorite and other calcium hypochlorites

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2828.90

000

Other

3.9%

3.3%

Free

28.29

Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates.

Free

Chlorates :

2829.11

000

Of sodium

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2829.19

000

Other

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2829.90

Other

4.6%

Free

100

- Bromates

Free

900

- Other

3.9%

28.30

Sulphides; polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined.

Free

2830.10

000

Sodium sulphides

2.5%

Free

2830.90

Other

Free

010

- Zinc sulphide

(Free)

020

- Antimony trisulphide

(Free)

090

- Other

(Free)

28.31

Dithionites and sulphoxylates.

Free

2831.10

000

Of sodium

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2831.90

000

Other

3.9%

3.3%

Free

28.32

Sulphites; thiosulphates.

Free

2832.10

000

Sodium sulphites

6.6%

5.4%

Free

2832.20

000

Other sulphites

6.6%

5.4%

Free

2832.30

000

Thiosulphates

6.6%

5.4%

Free

28.33

Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates).

Free

Sodium sulphates :

2833.11

000

Disodium sulphate

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2833.19

000

Other

3.9%

3.3%

Free

Other sulphates :

2833.21

000

Of magnesium

Free

(Free)

2833.22

000

Of aluminium

Free

(Free)

2833.24

000

Of nickel

4.6%

3.9%

Free

2833.25

000

Of copper

4.6%

3.9%

Free

2833.27

000

Of barium

4.6%

3.9%

Free

2833.29

Other

100

1 Of zinc

4.6%

3.9%

Free

2 Other

Free

910

- Of chromium

(Free)

990

- Other

(Free)

2833.30

000

Alums

Free

(Free)

2833.40

000

Peroxosulphates (persulphates)

Free

(Free)

28.34

Nitrites; nitrates.

Free

2834.10

000

Nitrites

3.9%

3.3%

Free

Nitrates :

2834.21

000

Of potassium

4.6%

3.9%

Free

2834.29

Other

100

1 Calcium nitrate

Free

(Free)

200

2 Barium nitrate

4.6%

3.9%

Free

300

3 Other

3.9%

3.3%

Free

28.35

Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined.

Free

2835.10

000

Phosphinates (hypophosphites) and phosphonates (phosphites)

4.6%

3.9%

Free

Phosphates :

2835.22

000

Of mono- or disodium

4.6%

3.9%

Free

2835.24

000

Of potassium

4.6%

3.9%

Free

2835.25

000

Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate (“dicalcium phosphate”)

4.6%

3.9%

Free

2835.26

000

Other phosphates of calcium

4.6%

3.9%

Free

2835.29

Other

4.6%

Free

010

- Of trisodium

3.9%

090

- Other

3.9%

Polyphosphates :

2835.31

000

Sodium triphosphate (sodium tripolyphosphate)

5.6%

4.7%

Free

2835.39

000

Other

4.6%

3.9%

Free

28.36

Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate.

Free

2836.20

Disodium carbonate

100

1 Soda ash

1.68 yen/kg

5.5%

Free

200

2 Other

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2836.30

000

Sodium hydrogencarbonate (sodium bicarbonate)

4.6%

3.9%

Free

2836.40

000

Potassium carbonates

4.6%

3.9%

Free

2836.50

000

Calcium carbonate

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2836.60

000

Barium carbonate

4.6%

3.9%

Free

Other

2836.91

000

Lithium carbonates

Free

(Free)

2836.92

000

Strontium carbonate

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2836.99

000

Other

3.9%

3.3%

Free

28.37

Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides.

Free

Cyanides and cyanide oxides :

2837.11

000

Of sodium

5.2%

4.3%

Free

2837.19

000

Other

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2837.20

000

Complex cyanides

3.9%

3.3%

Free

28.39

Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates.

Free

Of sodium :

2839.11

000

Sodium metasilicates

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2839.19

000

Other

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2839.90

Other

3.9%

Free

010

- Of potassium

3.3%

090

- Other

3.3%

28.40

Borates; peroxoborates (perborates).

Free

Disodium tetraborate (refined borax) :

2840.11

000

Anhydrous

Free

(Free)

2840.19

000

Other

Free

(Free)

2840.20

000

Other borates

Free

(Free)

2840.30

000

Peroxoborates (perborates)

Free

(Free)

28.41

Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids.

Free

2841.30

000

Sodium dichromate

Free

(4%)

2841.50

Other chromates and dichromates; peroxochromates

4.8%

Free

010

- Chromates of zinc or of lead

090

- Other

Manganites, manganates and permanganates :

2841.61

000

Potassium permanganate

4.6%

3.9%

Free

2841.69

000

Other

4.6%

3.9%

Free

2841.70

000

Molybdates

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2841.80

000

Tungstates (wolframates)

3.9%

3.3%

Free

2841.90

Other

3.9%

Free

010

- Aluminates

3.3%

090

- Other

3.3%

28.42

Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides.

Free

2842.10

000

Double or complex silicates, including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined

3.8%

! 2.6%～3.3%

Free

2842.90

Other

3.9%

Free

010

- Fulminates, cyanates and thiocyanates

3.3%

090

- Other

3.3%

VI.- MISCELLANEOUS

28.43

Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals.

Free

2843.10

000

Colloidal precious metals

2.5%

Free

Silver compounds :

2843.21

000

Silver nitrate

2.5%

Free

2843.29

000

Other

2.5%

Free