Halides and halide oxides of non-metals

HS v2017 Code: 2812

Chapter	Heading	Sub-heading
28	12	n/a

Code	2812
Version	HS v2017
Hierarchy Level	4
Datasource	WCO
Chapter	28

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

This Code: Halides and halide oxides of non-metals

Child Codes: Thionyl chloride; Carbonyl dichloride (phosgene); Sulphur monochloride; Halides and halide oxides of non-metals; excluding chloride; Phosphorus trichloride; Phosphorus oxychloride; Arsenic trichloride and other chlorides and chloride oxides, n.e.c. in item no. 2812; Sulphur dichloride; Phosphorus pentachloride

Sibling Codes (Nearest 5): Diphosphorus pentoxide; phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids; Oxides of boron; boric acids; Inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals; n.e.c. in heading no. 2806 to 2810; Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide; Ammonia; anhydrous or in aqueous solution

About halides and halide oxides of non-metals

HS code 2812 covers a diverse range of halides and halide oxides of non-metals, which are essential chemicals used in various industrial processes. These compounds play a crucial role in the production of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, electronics, and other high-tech applications. As a key component in the global supply chain, the 2812 industry contributes significantly to the broader economy, enabling the development of innovative products and technologies.

Production process

The production of halides and halide oxides of non-metals typically involves a series of chemical reactions and purification processes. The starting materials, which may include elemental non-metals and halogens, are combined under controlled conditions to form the desired compounds. Techniques such as distillation, crystallization, and sublimation are often employed to separate and purify the final products to meet the required specifications.

Production inputs

The main inputs for the 2812 industry include a variety of non-metallic elements, such as 2804 Hydrogen, 2805 Alkali or alkaline-earth metals, 2806 (Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid)), and 2807 Sulphuric acid; oleum. Additionally, specialized equipment and machinery, as well as energy sources, are essential for the efficient and safe production of these chemicals.

Production outputs

The halides and halide oxides of non-metals produced under HS code 2812 are widely used as intermediates in the manufacturing of other chemical products. These compounds find applications in the production of 2903 Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons, 2812 Halides and halide oxides of non-metals, and 2811 Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals, among others. The versatility of these chemicals ensures their importance across various industries.

Family tree for halides and halide oxides of non-metals

    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/v2017/2812'>2812: Halides and halide oxides of non-metals</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/v2017/2803'>2803: Carbon; carbon blacks and other forms of carbon n.e.c.</a>"]
A --> F["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2804'>2804: Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals</a>"]
A --> G["<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 --> H["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2806'>2806: Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid</a>"]
A --> I["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2807'>2807: Sulphuric acid; oleum</a>"]
A --> J["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2808'>2808: Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids</a>"]
A --> K["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2809'>2809: Diphosphorus pentoxide; phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids</a>"]
A --> L["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/2810'>2810: Oxides of boron; boric acids</a>"]
A --> M["<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 --> 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/v2017/281211'>281211: Carbonyl dichloride (phosgene)</a>"]
B --> CA["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/281212'>281212: Phosphorus oxychloride</a>"]
B --> CB["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/281213'>281213: Phosphorus trichloride</a>"]
B --> CC["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/281214'>281214: Phosphorus pentachloride</a>"]
B --> CD["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/281215'>281215: Sulphur monochloride</a>"]
B --> CE["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/281216'>281216: Sulphur dichloride</a>"]
B --> CF["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/281217'>281217: Thionyl chloride</a>"]
B --> CG["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/281219'>281219: Arsenic trichloride and other chlorides and chloride oxides, n.e.c. in item no. 2812</a>"]
B --> CH["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/281290'>281290: Halides and halide oxides of non-metals; excluding chloride</a>"]


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