# HS heading 27.08: Pitch and pitch coke, obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars > HS heading 27.08 covers pitch and pitch coke, obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars. It is in chapter 27 (mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes). It is split into 2 subheadings: 2708.10 (pitch) and 2708.20 (pitch coke). National tariff lines under heading 27.08 are live on border.bot for the United States (2 lines, also used by 1 other country). Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/2708 Last updated: 11 October 2026 [HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 27](https://border.bot/hs-codes/27) / [27.08](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2708) ## Key facts - Heading: 27.08 - Description: Pitch and pitch coke, obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars - Chapter: 27: Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes - Subheadings: 2 - Edition: HS2022 ## What this code covers HS heading 27.08 covers pitch and pitch coke, obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars. It is split into 2 subheadings: 2708.10 (pitch) and 2708.20 (pitch coke). - [2708.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/270810) Pitch - [2708.20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/270820) Pitch coke ## What it doesn’t cover Other goods of chapter 27 are classified in its other 15 headings, listed below. - [27.01](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2701) Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal - [27.02](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2702) Lignite, whether or not agglomerated, excluding jet - [27.03](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2703) Peat (including peat litter), whether or not agglomerated - [27.04](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2704) Coke and semi-coke of coal, of lignite or of peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon - [27.05](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2705) Coal gas, water gas, producer gas and similar gases, other than petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons - [27.06](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2706) Tar distilled from coal, from lignite or from peat, and other mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled, including reconstituted tars - [27.07](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2707) Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents - [27.09](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2709) Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude - [27.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2710) Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils - [27.11](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2711) Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons - [27.12](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2712) Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, micro-crystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured - [27.13](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2713) Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals - [27.14](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2714) Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks - [27.15](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2715) Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (for example, bituminous mastics, cut-backs) - [27.16](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2716) Electrical energy. (optional heading) ## How it is structured Heading 27.08 is one of 16 headings in chapter 27. Its first two digits, 27, are the chapter; the next two, 08, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (2708.10, 2708.20). ## In other countries National tariff lines under heading 27.08 are live on border.bot for the United States (2 lines, also used by 1 other country). - [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/27): 2 lines, used by 1 other country - Previous heading: [27.07](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2707) Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents - Next heading: [27.09](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2709) Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude ## Frequently asked questions ### What does HS heading 27.08 cover? HS heading 27.08 covers pitch and pitch coke, obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars. ### Which chapter is HS heading 27.08 in? HS heading 27.08 is in chapter 27 (mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes). ### How many subheadings does HS heading 27.08 have? HS heading 27.08 has 2 subheadings: 2708.10 (pitch) and 2708.20 (pitch coke). ### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS heading 27.08? National tariff lines under heading 27.08 are live on border.bot for the United States (2 lines, also used by 1 other country). ## Sources and updates The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026. This page was last updated on 11 October 2026. Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling. Machine-readable: https://border.bot/hs-codes/2708.json