Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation
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Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation
Common items in this chapter
- —Coal (2701)
- —Petroleum crude (2709)
- —Petroleum products: gasoline, diesel, kerosene (2710)
- —Petroleum gases: LPG, butane, propane (2711)
- —Bitumen and asphalt (2714)
Headings in this chapter (16)
Official HS 2022 four-digit headings. Each heading page lists its 6-digit subheadings with the official nomenclature texts.
- 2701 — Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coa…
- 2702 — Lignite; whether or not agglomerated, excluding jet
- 2703 — Peat; (including peat litter), whether or not agglomerated
- 2704 — Coke and semi-coke; of coal, lignite or peat, whether or not agglomera…
- 2705 — Coal gas, water gas, producer gas and similar gases, other than petrol…
- 2706 — Tar distilled from coal, from lignite, peat and other mineral tars, wh…
- 2707 — Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal t…
- 2708 — Pitch and pitch coke; obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tar…
- 2709 — Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude
- 2710 — Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparati…
- 2711 — Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
- 2712 — Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, micro-crystalline petroleum wax, slack …
- 2713 — Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen; other residues of petroleum oils or…
- 2714 — Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; a…
- 2715 — Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt; on natural bitumen, on p…
- 2716 — Electrical energy
Classification notes
Chapter 27 dominates global trade volumes. OPEC + sanctions context (Russian crude, Iranian crude, Venezuelan crude) heavily affect tariff and clearance treatment. Personal-import not relevant for chapter 27.
Frequent misclassification
Lubricant base oils vs. lubricant preparations — 2710 vs. 3403; petrochemical feedstocks vs. finished plastic resins (2710 vs. Chapter 39).
Binding tariff ruling database
If you need certainty on classification, request a binding tariff ruling from your destination country's customs authority. The link below leads to the relevant ruling database.
Binding tariff ruling database