HS code 3401: Soap; organic surface-active preparations used as soap, skin washing…
Soap; organic surface-active preparations used as soap, skin washing, in bars, cakes, moulded pieces, shapes, liquid or cream, containing soap or not; for retail, paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent — heading 3401 of the Harmonized System (HS 2022).
Chapter 34: Soap, organic surface-active agents; washing, lubricating, polishing or scouring preparations; artificial or prepared waxes, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster
Subheadings of 3401 (6 digits)
- Soap and organic surface-active products; in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products)
- Soap and organic surface-active products; in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, not for toilet use
- Soap; in forms n.e.c. in item no. 3401.11
- Organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap
Pick the subheading that describes your product. A subheading marked “n.e.c.” (not elsewhere classified) or “other” covers only what the subheadings before it do not. Click a code to copy it.
Common products under 3401
Confirm the full code and the duty rate
The first 6 digits are the same in every country that uses HS 2022. Each country adds 2–4 more digits and sets the duty in its own tariff, and the section and chapter notes can include or exclude products, so check the destination’s official tariff before you put the code on the invoice.
Other headings in chapter 34
- 3402 Organic surface-active agents (not soap); surface-active, washing (including auxiliary washing) and cleaning…
- 3403 Lubricating preparations and those used in oil or grease treatment of textile and similar materials…
- 3404 Waxes; artificial, prepared
- 3405 Polishes, creams, scouring pastes, powders and similar; in any form, (including articles impregnated, coated…
- 3406 Candles, tapers and the like
- 3407 Modelling pastes, including those for children; dental wax, impression compounds, in sets or packings for…
Source: HS 2022 nomenclature, 6-digit level (UN Comtrade). Descriptions are in English, as in the official nomenclature. Digits after the 6th differ by country.
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Common questions
What is HS code 3401?
3401 is the HS 2022 heading for Soap; organic surface-active preparations used as soap, skin washing, in bars, cakes, moulded pieces, shapes, liquid or cream, containing soap or not; for retail, paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent. It is in chapter 34 (Soap, organic surface-active agents; washing, lubricating, polishing or scouring preparations; artificial or prepared waxes, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster), section VI, and has 4 six-digit subheadings, from 3401.11 to 3401.30.
Can I write 3401 on a commercial invoice?
Customs usually need at least the 6-digit subheading (for example 3401.11), and the import declaration uses the destination country’s full code of 8 to 10 digits. Use the subheading that matches your product, and confirm the national digits with the buyer, the customs broker or the official tariff.
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