Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c.
HS v2017 Code: 2803
About carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c.
HS code 2803 covers a diverse range of carbon-based materials, including carbon blacks, graphite, and other forms of carbon not elsewhere classified. These materials play a crucial role in a wide array of industries, from manufacturing and construction to energy production and environmental applications. As a fundamental building block of many products, the carbon materials described under this code are essential to the global economy and the development of innovative technologies.
Production process
The production of carbon materials under HS code 2803 typically involves a range of thermal and chemical processes. Carbon blacks, for example, are produced by the incomplete combustion or thermal decomposition of hydrocarbon feedstocks, such as natural gas or petroleum oils. Other forms of carbon, like graphite, are extracted from natural deposits or synthesized through high-temperature treatment of carbon-rich materials.
Production inputs
The main inputs required for the production of carbon materials under HS code 2803 include hydrocarbon feedstocks, such as natural gas, petroleum oils, and coal; specialized equipment for thermal processing, such as furnaces and reactors; and various chemical additives or catalysts, depending on the specific carbon product being manufactured. Additionally, access to reliable energy sources and skilled labor are important inputs for this industry.
Production outputs
The carbon materials produced under HS code 2803 have a wide range of applications and are consumed by numerous other industries. Carbon blacks are widely used as reinforcing fillers in the production of 4011 rubber tires and other rubber products, as well as in the manufacture of inks, paints, and plastics. Graphite and other forms of carbon are used in the production of 8504 electrical transformers, 8541 semiconductor devices, and 8545 carbon electrodes, among other products. The outputs of this industry are essential inputs for a diverse array of downstream industries.
Family tree for carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c.
graph LR A["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/28'>28: Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals; of rare earth metals, of radio-active elements and of isotopes</a>"] A --> B["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2803'>2803: Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c.</a>"] A --> C["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2801'>2801: Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine</a>"] A --> D["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2802'>2802: Sulphur; sublimed or precipitated, colloidal sulphur</a>"] A --> E["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2804'>2804: Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals</a>"] A --> F["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2805'>2805: Alkali or alkaline-earth metals; rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury</a>"] A --> G["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2806'>2806: Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid</a>"] A --> H["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2807'>2807: Sulphuric acid; oleum</a>"] A --> I["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2808'>2808: Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids</a>"] A --> J["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2809'>2809: Diphosphorus pentoxide; phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids</a>"] A --> K["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2810'>2810: Oxides of boron; boric acids</a>"] A --> L["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2811'>2811: Inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals; n.e.c. in heading no. 2806 to 2810</a>"] A --> M["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2812'>2812: Halides and halide oxides of non-metals</a>"] A --> N["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2813'>2813: Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide</a>"] A --> O["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2814'>2814: Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution</a>"] A --> P["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2815'>2815: Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) peroxides of sodium or potassium</a>"] A --> Q["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2816'>2816: Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides of strontium or barium</a>"] A --> R["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2817'>2817: Zinc; oxide and peroxide</a>"] A --> S["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2818'>2818: Aluminium oxide (including artificial corundum); aluminium hydroxide</a>"] A --> T["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2819'>2819: Chromium oxides and hydroxides</a>"] A --> U["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2820'>2820: Manganese oxides</a>"] A --> V["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2821'>2821: Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70% or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2o3</a>"] A --> W["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2822'>2822: Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides</a>"] A --> X["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2823'>2823: Titanium oxides</a>"] A --> Y["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2824'>2824: Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead</a>"] A --> Z["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2825'>2825: Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides</a>"] A --> BA["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2826'>2826: Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts</a>"] A --> BB["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2827'>2827: Chlorides; chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides</a>"] A --> BC["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2828'>2828: Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites</a>"] A --> BD["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2829'>2829: Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates</a>"] A --> BE["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2830'>2830: Sulphides; polysulphides whether or not chemically defined</a>"] A --> BF["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2831'>2831: Dithionites and sulphoxylates</a>"] A --> BG["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2832'>2832: Sulphites; thiosulphates</a>"] A --> BH["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2833'>2833: Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates)</a>"] A --> BI["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2834'>2834: Nitrites; nitrates</a>"] A --> BJ["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2835'>2835: Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites), and phosphates; and polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined</a>"] A --> BK["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2836'>2836: Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate</a>"] A --> BL["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2837'>2837: Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides</a>"] A --> BM["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2839'>2839: Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates</a>"] A --> BN["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2840'>2840: Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)</a>"] A --> BO["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2841'>2841: Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids</a>"] A --> BP["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2842'>2842: Salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids, n.e.c. including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined, but excluding azides</a>"] A --> BQ["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2843'>2843: Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals</a>"] A --> BR["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2844'>2844: Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes); and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products</a>"] A --> BS["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2845'>2845: Isotopes other than those of heading no. 2844; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined</a>"] A --> BT["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2846'>2846: Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals; of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals</a>"] A --> BU["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2847'>2847: Hydrogen peroxide; whether or not solidified with urea</a>"] A --> BV["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2849'>2849: Carbides, whether or not chemically defined</a>"] A --> BW["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2850'>2850: Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of heading no. 2849</a>"] A --> BX["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2852'>2852: Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, excluding amalgams, whether or not chemically defined</a>"] A --> BY["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2853'>2853: Phosphides, chemically defined or not, not ferrophosphorus; other inorganic compounds n.e.c. (including distilled, conductivity water and water of like purity); liquid air, rare gases removed or not; compressed air; amalgams, not precious metal amalgams</a>"] B --> BZ["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/280300'>280300: Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c.</a>"] %% Color coordination by level classDef level1 color:#000,fill:#a8f9ff,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px classDef level2 color:#000,fill:#e0a458,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px classDef level3 color:#000,fill:#419d78,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px classDef level4 color:#000,fill:#c04abc,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px classDef level5 color:#000,fill:#f1c40f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px classDef level6 color:#000,fill:#f1c40f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:1px classDef highlight color:#000,fill:#fff,stroke:#000,stroke-width:5px %% Apply classes class A level2 class B level4 class C level4 class D level4 class E level4 class F level4 class G level4 class H level4 class I level4 class J level4 class K level4 class L level4 class M level4 class N level4 class O level4 class P level4 class Q level4 class R level4 class S level4 class T level4 class U level4 class V level4 class W level4 class X level4 class Y level4 class Z level4 class BA level4 class BB level4 class BC level4 class BD level4 class BE level4 class BF level4 class BG level4 class BH level4 class BI level4 class BJ level4 class BK level4 class BL level4 class BM level4 class BN level4 class BO level4 class BP level4 class BQ level4 class BR level4 class BS level4 class BT level4 class BU level4 class BV level4 class BW level4 class BX level4 class BY level4 class BZ level6 class B highlight %% class A level1 %% class B,C level2 %% class D,E,F,G,H,I level2 %% class J,K,L,M,N,O,P level3 %% class B highlight