HS code 2706: Tar distilled from coal, from lignite, peat and other mineral tars…
Tar distilled from coal, from lignite, peat and other mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled; including reconstituted tars — heading 2706 of the Harmonized System (HS 2022).
Chapter 27: Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
6-digit code for 2706
- Tar; distilled from coal, lignite or peat, and other mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled, including reconstituted tars
Heading 2706 is not split further at the 6-digit level, so the international code is 2706.00. Click a code to copy it.
Confirm the full code and the duty rate
The first 6 digits are the same in every country that uses HS 2022. Each country adds 2–4 more digits and sets the duty in its own tariff, and the section and chapter notes can include or exclude products, so check the destination’s official tariff before you put the code on the invoice.
Other headings in chapter 27
- 2701 Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal
- 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 agglomerated; retort carbon
- 2705 Coal gas, water gas, producer gas and similar gases, other than petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
- 2707 Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the…
- 2708 Pitch and pitch coke; obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars
- 2709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude
- 2710 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or…
- 2711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
- 2712 Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, micro-crystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax…
- 2713 Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen; other residues of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
- 2714 Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks
- 2715 Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt; on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on…
- 2716 Electrical energy
Source: HS 2022 nomenclature, 6-digit level (UN Comtrade). Descriptions are in English, as in the official nomenclature. Digits after the 6th differ by country.
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Common questions
What is HS code 2706?
2706 is the HS 2022 heading for Tar distilled from coal, from lignite, peat and other mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled; including reconstituted tars. It is in chapter 27 (Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes), section V, and is not split further: the 6-digit code is 2706.00.
Can I write 2706 on a commercial invoice?
Customs usually need at least the 6-digit subheading (for example 2706.00), and the import declaration uses the destination country’s full code of 8 to 10 digits. Use the subheading that matches your product, and confirm the national digits with the buyer, the customs broker or the official tariff.
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