“Best-effort standard” HS/CN list for commodities

Quick “screening rule” (practical) Ch. 27 (2709/2710/2711)   →   CHED/GGB usually No Ch. 15 (1502, 1511–1514, 1518)   and   Ch. 12 (oilseeds)   →   CHED/GGB often Depends/Yes 2207 (ethanol) ,   3826 (biodiesel)   →   Depends   (fuel vs food/feed/ABP chain) Below is a   best‑effort list of EU Combined Nomenclature (CN) commodity code headings / common subheadings   that will   likely   apply to the products mentioned under   A, B, and C . Focusing on the   CN level (8 digits where reasonably standard)   and keeping it practical for trading/ops screening. Important:   CHED/GGB (and what you called “CertEX consideration”) is not determined by the CN code alone . It depends on whether the goods fall under   SPS/official controls   (food/feed/ABP/plant health, “high-risk” regimes, etc.), plus origin/intended use. So: CN codes below tell you “what it is”; CHED tells you “whether it’s controlled”. A) Mainstream energy products (typically   CHED/GGB: No ) Crude oil 2709 00   — Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals,   crude   Refined petroleum products (broad umbrella used for many products) 2710   — Petroleum oils (other than crude) / preparations / waste oils  Gas oil / diesel (common CN ranges) 2710 19 43 – 2710 19 48   — Gas oils (often used as diesel/gasoil band in EU references)  (Note: exact 8‑digit depends on sulphur band / spec.) Jet fuel / kerosene 2710 19 21   — Jet fuel 2710 19 25   — Other kerosene (Both explicitly referenced as kerosene CN codes)  Heavy fuel oil 2710 19 62 – 2710 19 68   — Heavy fuel oil band used in EU references LPG / petroleum gases 2711 12   — Liquefied: propane 2711 13   — Liquefied: butanes 2711 12 11 – 2711 19 00   — LPG band referenced in EU taxation tables  CHED/GGB expectation for A:   generally   No   (not SPS/food/feed). B) Biofuels & feedstocks (often   CHED/GGB: Depends ) Denatured ethanol (fuel blending / industrial) 2207 20 00   — Ethyl alcohol, denatured, of any strength  (Also relevant heading:   2207 10   for undenatured ≥80% vol, but in fuels the denatured line is common.) Biodiesel / FAME / biodiesel blends (broad HS/CN heading) 3826 00   — Biodiesel and mixtures thereof (biodiesel heading at HS level; CN splits exist underneath)  Tallow (animal fats) 1502 10   — Tallow (CN sub-splits exist beneath; used widely for tallow) “UCO / waste oils” (best-effort—classification varies a lot) Often ends up under   Chapter 15   (animal/vegetable fats & oils) or “chemically modified / inedible mixtures” categories. A commonly encountered bucket for chemically modified/inedible mixtures is   1518 00   (note: exact CN depends on product description and lab properties).  CHED/GGB expectation for B:   Depends , and this is where most surprises happen: If it’s treated as   food/feed   or   animal by-product (ABP)   related, or under a   high‑risk   regime → CHED/GGB can become   Yes . If it’s clearly an   industrial fuel component   with no SPS relevance → often   No , but you still need to confirm case-by-case. C) Food/feed of non‑animal origin with elevated controls (often   CHED/GGB: Yes/Depends ) You didn’t name specific products in C earlier (only “certain oils/seeds/ingredients”), so here are the   most typical CN families   that come up for edible oils / oilseeds that can be subject to official controls depending on origin/risk regimes: Vegetable oils (examples) 1507   — Soya-bean oil 1508   — Groundnut oil 1511   — Palm oil 1512   — Sunflower/safflower/cotton-seed oil 1513   — Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil 1514   — Rapeseed/colza/mustard oil (Exact 8‑digit depends on crude/refined/fractions.) Oilseeds (examples) 1201   — Soybeans 1205   — Rapeseed/colza seed 1206   — Sunflower seed 1207   — Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits CHED/GGB expectation for C:   commonly   Yes/Depends   because food/feed items can fall under: mandatory pre‑notification regimes for certain origins/commodities, increased controls (contaminants, residues, etc.). (Again: whether CHED is required is not “because of the CN code”, but because of the   regulatory status   of that commodity/origin/use.)