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Section VI — Products of the chemical or allied industries

Chapter 29 — Organic chemicals

Heading 2916 — Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.

National subdivision 2916.3 — Aromatic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives:

Subheading

2916.31 Benzoic acid, its salts and esters

Common commodities
Sodium benzoate food preservativePotassium benzoate for food additivesMethyl benzoate fragrance fixativeBenzyl benzoate antifungal agentSodium benzoate in pharmaceutical useBenzoic acid for cosmetic preservationPotassium benzoate in beveragesMethyl benzoate in perfume manufacturingBenzyl benzoate as a fungicideSodium benzoate in bakery goods

HS codes

CodeDescriptionTaxes
2916.31.00Benzoic acid, its salts and estersCustoms TaxCID, PAL, SSCL, VAT