Preparations and charges for fire extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades

HS v2022 Code: 3813

Chapter	Heading	Sub-heading
38	13	n/a

Code	3813
Version	HS v2022
Hierarchy Level	4
Datasource	WCO
Chapter	38

Ancestor Codes: Chemical products n.e.c.

This Code: Preparations and charges for fire extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades

Child Codes: Fire-extinguishers; preparations and charges and charged fire-extinguishing grenades

Sibling Codes (Nearest 5): 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; 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; 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; Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers; Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations n.e.c. or included

About preparations and charges for fire extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades

HS code 3813 covers a range of specialized products essential for fire safety and emergency response. These preparations and charges for fire extinguishers, as well as charged fire-extinguishing grenades, play a critical role in protecting lives and property across various industries and settings. As a key component of fire prevention and suppression systems, this industry is integral to maintaining a safe and secure environment for businesses, homes, and public spaces.

Production process

The production of fire extinguisher preparations and charged fire-extinguishing grenades typically involves a multi-step process. Manufacturers begin by formulating the chemical compositions that provide the fire-extinguishing properties, often using a combination of dry powder, foam, or gaseous agents. These formulations are then carefully measured and packaged into the appropriate containers, whether portable fire extinguishers or specialized grenade-like devices. Quality control and safety testing are essential throughout the manufacturing process to ensure the reliability and effectiveness of the final products.

Production inputs

The main inputs required for the production of HS code 3813 items include a variety of raw materials such as 2844 Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes, 2845 Isotopes not in heading 2844, 2850 Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, and other specialized chemicals. Additionally, the industry relies on specialized manufacturing equipment, including filling and pressurizing machinery, as well as packaging and labeling systems to ensure the proper handling and distribution of these critical fire safety products.

Production outputs

The primary outputs of the industry covered by HS code 3813 are the preparations and charges for fire extinguishers, as well as the charged fire-extinguishing grenades. These products are essential for a wide range of industries and applications, including 8424 (Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand-operated) for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders; fire extinguishers, whether or not charged; spray guns and similar appliances; steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines), 9406 Prefabricated buildings, and 9507 (Fishing rods, fish-hooks and other line fishing tackle; fish landing nets, butterfly nets and similar nets; decoy 'birds' (other than those of heading 9208 or 9705) and similar hunting or shooting requisites), among others.

Family tree for preparations and charges for fire extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades

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A --> B["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3813'>3813: Preparations and charges for fire extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades</a>"]

    A --> C["<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 --> D["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3802'>3802: Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black</a>"]
A --> E["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3803'>3803: Tall oil, whether or not refined</a>"]
A --> F["<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 --> G["<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 --> H["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/3806'>3806: Rosin and resin acids and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums</a>"]
A --> I["<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 --> J["<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 --> K["<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 --> L["<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 --> M["<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 --> N["<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 --> 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/v2022/381300'>381300: Fire-extinguishers; preparations and charges and charged fire-extinguishing grenades</a>"]


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