Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other residual products.

HS v2017 Code: 3825

About residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other residual products.

HS code 3825 covers a diverse range of residual products from the chemical and allied industries that do not fit into other more specific categories. These materials, which can include municipal waste, sewage sludge, and other industrial byproducts, play a crucial role in the circular economy by providing raw materials for further processing or safe disposal. This industry is an important part of the broader waste management and recycling sector, helping to minimize environmental impact and extract value from materials that would otherwise be discarded.

Production process

The production techniques for the materials covered under HS code 3825 can vary widely depending on the specific type of residual product. In general, the processes may involve collection, sorting, treatment (such as dewatering, drying, or chemical processing), and preparation for further use or disposal. Advanced technologies like incineration, pyrolysis, and anaerobic digestion are increasingly being employed to recover energy or other useful products from these waste streams.

Production inputs

The main inputs for the industries covered by HS code 3825 are the diverse range of residual products generated by other chemical, manufacturing, and municipal activities. This can include items such as 3824 (Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included), 3915 Waste, parings and scrap, of plastics, and 3916 Monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked, of plastics. The specific inputs will depend on the type of residual product being processed.

Production outputs

The outputs from the industries covered by HS code 3825 can include a wide range of materials, depending on the specific processes involved. These may include recovered fuels, recycled materials, or other products that can be used as inputs for other industries. For example, the output from sewage sludge processing may be used in 3101 Animal or vegetable fertilizers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilizers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products. The diversity of the inputs means that the outputs can be equally varied and find applications across many different sectors.

Family tree for residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other residual products.

    graph LR
    A["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/38'>38: Chemical products n.e.c.</a>"]
A --> B["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3825'>3825: Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other residual products.</a>"]

    A --> C["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3801'>3801: Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures</a>"]
A --> D["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3802'>3802: Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black</a>"]
A --> E["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3803'>3803: Tall oil, whether or not refined</a>"]
A --> F["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3804'>3804: Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of heading no. 3803</a>"]
A --> G["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3805'>3805: Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine, other terpenic oils; crude dipentene; sulphite turpentine, other crude para-cymene; pine oil containing alpha-terpineol as the main constituent</a>"]
A --> H["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3806'>3806: Rosin and resin acids and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums</a>"]
A --> I["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3807'>3807: Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch</a>"]
A --> J["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3808'>3808: Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products, plant growth regulators, disinfectants and the like, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles</a>"]
A --> K["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3809'>3809: Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing, fixing of dyestuffs, other products and preparations, of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, n.e.c. or included</a>"]
A --> L["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3810'>3810: Metal-pickling preparations; fluxes etc for soldering, brazing; welding powders, pastes of metal and other materials; preparations used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods</a>"]
A --> M["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3811'>3811: Anti-knock preparations, oxidation and gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and the like, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or other liquids used for the same purposes</a>"]
A --> N["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3812'>3812: Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, n.e.c. or included; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics</a>"]
A --> O["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3813'>3813: Preparations and charges for fire extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades</a>"]
A --> P["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3814'>3814: Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers</a>"]
A --> Q["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3815'>3815: Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations n.e.c. or included</a>"]
A --> R["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3816'>3816: Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions; other than products of heading no. 3801</a>"]
A --> S["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3817'>3817: Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902</a>"]
A --> T["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3818'>3818: Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics</a>"]
A --> U["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3819'>3819: Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals</a>"]
A --> V["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3820'>3820: Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids</a>"]
A --> W["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3821'>3821: Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells</a>"]
A --> X["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3822'>3822: Reagents; diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing and prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading no. 3002 or 3006; certified reference material</a>"]
A --> Y["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3823'>3823: Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols</a>"]
A --> Z["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3824'>3824: Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included</a>"]
A --> BA["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/3826'>3826: Biodiesel and mixtures thereof; not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals</a>"]

    B --> BB["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/382510'>382510: Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste</a>"]
B --> BC["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/382520'>382520: Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; sewage sludge</a>"]
B --> BD["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/382530'>382530: Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; clinical waste</a>"]
B --> BE["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/382541'>382541: Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; halogenated waste organic solvents</a>"]
B --> BF["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/382549'>382549: Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; waste organic solvents, other than halogenated</a>"]
B --> BG["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/382550'>382550: Residual products of chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; wastes of metal pickling liquors, hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freeze fluids</a>"]
B --> BH["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/382561'>382561: Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; (other than sewage sludge, municipal waste or waste covered in 27.10); other wastes n.e.c. in 3825; those mainly containing organic constituents</a>"]
B --> BI["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/382569'>382569: Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; (other than sewage sludge, municipal waste or waste covered by 27.10); other wastes n.e.c. in 3825; except those mainly containing organic constituents</a>"]
B --> BJ["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/382590'>382590: Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; n.e.c. in 3825 or 27.10</a>"]


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