29181101 Lactic acid, its salts and esters
Lactic acid, its salts and esters
- Chapter
- 29 Organic Chemicals
- Edition
- AHECC 2022
- Unit
- KG
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Item code facts
- Code
- 29181101
- Chapter
- 29 Organic Chemicals
- Heading
- 2918 Carboxylic Acids with Additional Oxygen Function and Their Anhydrides, Halides, Peroxides and Peroxyacids; Their Halogenated, Sulphonated, Nitrated or Nitrosated Derivatives
- HS code
- 291811 Lactic acid, its salts and esters
- UQ
- KG
Description
Lactic acid, its salts and esters
How to read AHECC code 29181101
Read the code from broad to specific. Each verified prefix below narrows the commodity until the final Australian export statistical item is reached.
| Code level | Code | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter | 29 | Organic Chemicals |
| Heading | 2918 | Carboxylic Acids with Additional Oxygen Function and Their Anhydrides, Halides, Peroxides and Peroxyacids; Their Halogenated, Sulphonated, Nitrated or Nitrosated Derivatives |
| HS subheading | 291811 | Lactic acid, its salts and esters |
| AHECC item | 29181101 | Lactic acid, its salts and esters |
The reported unit of quantity for this item is KG. Confirm the commodity description and reporting unit in the official ABS workbook before lodging an export declaration.
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In this section
- 29173500Phthalic anhydride
- 29173600Terephthalic acid and its salts
- 29173700Dimethyl terephthalate
- 29173995Other
- 29181101Lactic acid, its salts and esters
- 29181200Tartaric acid
- 29181300Salts and esters of tartaric acid
- 29181400Citric acid
- 29181500Salts and esters of citric acid
- 29181600Gluconic acid, its salts and esters
Official source
- Official AHECC source
- ABS 123306.xlsx
- Last reviewed
- 2026-04-18
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