Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
In plain English
This category covers petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons, which are classified based on whether they are liquefied or remain in a gaseous state. Liquefied items are further divided by specific types such as natural gas, propane, butanes, and various ethylene, propylene, butylene, and butadiene compounds, with a separate group for other liquefied gases not listed elsewhere. Gaseous items are split into natural gas and all other gaseous hydrocarbons that are not natural gas.
6-digit subheadings (7)
Official HS 2022 subheading texts. National tariff schedules subdivide these further (8-10 digit lines) and set the actual duty rates.
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, propane
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, butanes
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, natural gas
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; in gaseous state, other than natural gas
Chapter 27 classification notes
Frequent misclassification in this chapter
Lubricant base oils vs. lubricant preparations — 2710 vs. 3403; petrochemical feedstocks vs. finished plastic resins (2710 vs. Chapter 39).
Classification certainty
The 6-digit level shown here is the internationally harmonised layer. Duty rates attach to national 8-10 digit tariff lines, which differ by country — use the duty calculator for lane estimates. For binding certainty, request a ruling from the destination customs authority.
Binding tariff ruling databaseOther headings in Chapter 27
- 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…
- 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