Prepared explosives, other than propellent powders
HS v2022 Code: 3602
About prepared explosives, other than propellent powders
HS code 3602 covers the industry of prepared explosives, excluding propellent powders. This industry plays a critical role in various sectors, including mining, construction, and military applications. The production and responsible use of these specialized explosives are essential for economic development and national security.
Production process
The main production techniques for prepared explosives involve the careful blending and processing of raw materials, such as ammonium nitrate, nitroglycerine, and other chemical compounds. Strict safety protocols and specialized equipment are employed to ensure the safe and controlled manufacture of these volatile substances.
Production inputs
The key inputs for the production of prepared explosives under HS code 3602 include various chemical precursors, specialized machinery and equipment, and skilled labor. The industry relies on a supply chain of raw materials, including 2834 Nitrates, 2909 Ethers, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, ketone peroxides, epoxides with a three-member ring, acetals and hemiacetals, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, and other specialized compounds.
Production outputs
The primary outputs of the HS code 3602 industry are a range of prepared explosives, such as dynamite, detonators, and blasting caps. These products are then consumed by industries like 2701 Coal, 2614 Titanium ores and concentrates, and 2516 (Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape), which rely on these specialized explosives for their operations.
Family tree for prepared explosives, other than propellent powders
graph LR A["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/36'>36: Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations</a>"] A --> B["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3602'>3602: Prepared explosives, other than propellent powders</a>"] A --> C["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3601'>3601: Explosives; propellent powders</a>"] A --> D["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3603'>3603: Safety fuses; detonating cords; percussion or detonating caps; igniters; electric detonators</a>"] A --> E["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3604'>3604: Fireworks, signalling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and other pyrotechnic articles</a>"] A --> F["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3605'>3605: Matches; other than pyrotechnic articles of heading no. 3604</a>"] A --> G["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3606'>3606: Ferro-cerium and other pyrophoric alloys in all forms; articles of combustible materials n.e.c. in chapter 36</a>"] B --> H["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/360200'>360200: Explosives, prepared; other than propellent powders</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 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