HS code 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

Headings and subheadings of chapter 34 in HS 2022 (section VI). Search by product name in the HS code lookup if you do not know the chapter.

SectionVI

Headings7

Subheadings (6 digits)24

Jump to heading: 3401 · 3402 · 3403 · 3404 · 3405 · 3406 · 3407

Common products in this chapter

3401 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

3401.11 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)
3401.19 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
3401.20 Soap; in forms n.e.c. in item no. 3401.11
3401.30 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

3402 Organic surface-active agents (not soap); surface-active, washing (including auxiliary washing) and cleaning preparations, containing soap or not, excluding those of heading no. 3401

3402.31 Anionic organic surface-active agents (other than soap); linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acids and their salts, whether or not put up for retail sale
3402.39 Anionic organic surface-active agents (other than soap); other than linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acids and their salts, whether or not put up for retail sale
3402.41 Organic surface-active agents; cationic (other than soap), whether or not put up for retail sale
3402.42 Organic surface-active agents; non-ionic (other than soap), whether or not put up for retail sale
3402.49 Organic surface-active agents; whether or not put up for retail sale, n.e.c. in item no. 3402
3402.50 Washing and cleaning preparations; powders, flakes and granules, surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), put up for retail sale
3402.90 Washing and cleaning preparations; surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), including auxiliary washing preparations, not for retail sale

3403 Lubricating preparations and those used in oil or grease treatment of textile and similar materials; excluding preparations containing 70% or more (by weight) of petroleum or bituminous mineral oils

3403.11 Lubricating preparations; for the treatment of textile and similar materials (leather, furskins etc), containing less than 70% (by weight) of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
3403.19 Lubricating preparations; (other than for the treatment of textile and similar materials), containing less than 70% (by weight) of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
3403.91 Lubricating preparations; for the treatment of textile and similar materials (leather, furskins etc), (not containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals)
3403.99 Lubricating preparations; other than for the treatment of textile and similar materials, not containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals

3404 Waxes; artificial, prepared

3404.20 Waxes; artificial and prepared, of poly(oxyethylene) (polyethylene glycol)
3404.90 Waxes; artificial and prepared, other than of polyethylene glycol

3405 Polishes, creams, scouring pastes, powders and similar; in any form, (including articles impregnated, coated or covered with such), for furniture, footwear, floors, coachwork, glass or metal

3405.10 Polishes, creams and similar preparations; for footwear or leather, excluding waxes of heading no. 3404
3405.20 Polishes, creams and similar preparations; for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other woodwork, excluding waxes of heading no. 3404
3405.30 Polishes, creams and similar preparations; for coachwork, other than metal polishes, excluding waxes of heading no. 3404
3405.40 Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations; (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics, cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered)
3405.90 Polishes, creams and similar preparations; n.e.c. in heading no. 3405, excluding waxes of heading no. 3404

3406 Candles, tapers and the like

3406.00 Candles, tapers and the like

3407 Modelling pastes, including those for children; dental wax, impression compounds, in sets or packings for retail sale or in plates and similar forms; dentistry preparations with plaster base

3407.00 Modelling pastes; preparations known as dental wax, put up in sets, in packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or similar forms, other preparations for use in dentistry

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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. National tariffs add 2–4 more digits and set the duty rates: confirm the full code in the destination country's tariff.

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How to use this chapter

Find the heading (4 digits) that describes your product, then the subheading (6 digits). The chapter and section notes of the HS can include or exclude products, so read them in the official tariff of the destination before you decide. The first 6 digits are the same in every country that uses HS 2022; the national tariff adds more digits and sets the duty.

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