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

HS v2022 Code: 3801

About 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

HS code 3801 covers a range of products based on graphite and other carbon materials. These products have a wide variety of industrial applications, from lubricants and refractories to electrodes and batteries. The graphite industry plays a crucial role in supporting key sectors such as manufacturing, energy, and transportation, making it an important component of the broader economy.

Production process

The main production techniques for HS code 3801 products involve the processing and refinement of natural graphite or the synthesis of artificial graphite. This can include processes such as purification, grinding, mixing, and molding to create the desired forms, such as pastes, blocks, or plates.

Production inputs

The primary inputs for the production of HS code 3801 products are natural graphite, petroleum coke, and other carbon-rich raw materials. Specialized machinery and equipment, such as grinding mills, mixers, and molding presses, are also essential for the manufacturing process. Additionally, various chemical additives may be used to enhance the properties of the final products.

Production outputs

The main outputs of the HS code 3801 industry include artificial graphite, colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite, and preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates, or other semi-manufactures. These products are often used as inputs for other industries, such as 3802 Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black for water treatment, 8545 Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of graphite or other carbon, with or without metal for electrical applications, and 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) for various industrial applications.

Family tree for 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

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    A["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/38'>38: Chemical products n.e.c.</a>"]
A --> B["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3801'>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 --> C["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3802'>3802: Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black</a>"]
A --> D["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3803'>3803: Tall oil, whether or not refined</a>"]
A --> E["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3804'>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 --> F["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3805'>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 --> G["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3806'>3806: Rosin and resin acids and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums</a>"]
A --> H["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3807'>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 --> I["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3808'>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 --> J["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3809'>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 --> K["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3810'>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 --> L["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3811'>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 --> M["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3812'>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 --> N["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3813'>3813: Preparations and charges for fire extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades</a>"]
A --> O["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3814'>3814: Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers</a>"]
A --> P["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3815'>3815: Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations n.e.c. or included</a>"]
A --> Q["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3816'>3816: Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 38.01</a>"]
A --> R["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3817'>3817: Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902</a>"]
A --> S["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3818'>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 --> T["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3819'>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 --> U["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3820'>3820: Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids</a>"]
A --> V["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3821'>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 --> W["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3822'>3822: Reagents; diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 30.06; certified reference materials</a>"]
A --> X["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3823'>3823: Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols</a>"]
A --> Y["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3824'>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 --> Z["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3825'>3825: Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other residual products.</a>"]
A --> BA["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3826'>3826: Biodiesel and mixtures thereof; not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals</a>"]
A --> BB["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3827'>3827: Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included</a>"]

    B --> BC["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/380110'>380110: Graphite; artificial</a>"]
B --> BD["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/380120'>380120: Graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal</a>"]
B --> BE["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/380130'>380130: Carbonaceous pastes; for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings</a>"]
B --> BF["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/380190'>380190: Graphite or other carbon based preparations; in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures</a>"]


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