+44 7745 521 449Harmonised system commodity codes
Developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO), this is a six-digit figure for describing internationally traded goods. Individual countries may further extend this code with an additional two or four digits, however these additional digits are not harmonised and may have different meanings from country to country.
Below is a list of six-digit HS codes known to apply, or to have applied at some time, to niobium and tantalum materials, as well as a selection of variants used in some Customs jurisdictions. Note that these HS Codes may change from time to time, e.g. by WCO review at five-yearly intervals, or as per individual countries.
When referring to country specific eight- or ten-digit codes, cross-reference should be made to the title of the primary four- or six-digit HS code.
| Area | Code | Description |
| - All - |
2615.90
8103 8103.20
8103.90 8532.21 |
Niobium, tantalum, vanadium or zirconium ores and concentrates - Other* Slag, ash and residues (other than from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing metals, arsenic or their compounds - Other Carbides, whether or not chemically defined - Other Tantalum and articles thereof, including waste and scrap - Unwrought tantalum, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering; powders - Waste and scrap - Other Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set) - - Tantalum |
| Australia | 2615.90.30 | - - Tantalum ores and concentrates |
| European Union |
2615.90.10 2620.99.20 2849.90.50
8103.90.10 8103.90.90 8103.90.90.10 |
- - Niobium and tantalum ores and concentrates - - Containing mainly niobium and tantalum - - Of aluminium; of chromium; of molybdenum; of vanadium; of tantalum; of titanium
- - Bars and rods, other than those obtained simply by sintering, profiles, wire, plates, sheets, strip and foil - - Other - - - Welded tube solely of tantalum, or solely of an alloy of tantalum with tungsten containing by weight 3.5% or less of tungsten |
| USA |
2615.90.30 2615.90.60 2615.90.60.60 8103.20.00.30 8103.20.00.90 |
- - Synthetic tantalum-niobium concentrates - - Niobium, tantalum or vanadium ores and concentrates - - - Tantalum ores and concentrates - - - Powders - - - Other |
*: i.e. Nb, Ta and V ores and concentrates
