What is an HS- or HTS-Code?
HS or HTS codes are a global tool and used in most international import and export documentation and commercial invoices. The World Customs Organization (WCO) maintains the Harmonized Tariff Description and Coding Schedule (HTS). Over 170 countries participate in WCO’s HTS system. The first six digits of the HTS code identify all items in international trade and are the same for all countries that use the HTS. The last two or four digits are country specific. In many countries these last four digits provide the duty rate and balance of trade statistical reporting suffix for the imported goods.
- I LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS
- II VEGETABLE PRODUCTS
- III ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES
- IV PREPARED FOODSTUFFS; BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR; TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES
- V MINERAL PRODUCTS
- VI PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES
- VII PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF
- VIII RAW HIDES AND SKINS, LEATHER, FURSKINS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; SADDLERY AND HARNESS; TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS; ARTICLES OF ANIMAL GUT (OTHER THAN SILKWORM GUT)
- IX WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL; CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK; MANUFACTURES OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK
- X PULP OF WOOD OR OF OTHER FIBROUS CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; RECOVERED (WASTE AND SCRAP) PAPER OR PAPERBOARD; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES THEREOF
- XI TEXTILES AND TEXTILE ARTICLES
- XII FOOTWEAR, HEADGEAR, UMBRELLAS, SUN UMBRELLAS, WALKING STICKS, SEAT-STICKS, WHIPS, RIDING-CROPS AND PARTS THEREOF; PREPARED FEATHERS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREWITH; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR
- XIII ARTICLES OF STONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; CERAMIC PRODUCTS; GLASS AND GLASSWARE
- XIV NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS, METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL, AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELLERY; COIN
- XV BASE METALS AND ARTICLES OF BASE METAL
- XVI MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES
- XVII VEHICLES, AIRCRAFT, VESSELS AND ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
- XVIII OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; CLOCKS AND WATCHES; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
- XIX ARMS AND AMMUNITION; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
- XX MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
- XXI WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES AND ANTIQUES
Chapter: 38 MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
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38MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
3801Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures380110Artificial graphite (excl. retort graphite, retort carbon and goods of artificial graphite, incl. refractory materials based on artificial graphite)380120Colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite380130Carbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings380190Preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures (excl. carbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings)3802Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, whether or not spent380210Activated carbon (excl. medicaments or deodorant products for fridges, vehicles etc., put up for retail sale)380290Activated kieselguhr and other activated natural mineral products; animal black, whether or not spent (excl. activated carbon, calcinated diatomite without the addition of sintering agents and activated chemical products)3803Tall oil, whether or not refined3804Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, incl. lignin sulphonates (excl. tall oil, sodium hydroxide caustic soda and sulphate pitch)3805Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods; crude dipentene; sulphite turpentine and other crude para-cymene; pine oil containing alpha-terpineol as the main constituent380510Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine oils380590Crude dipentene; sulphite turpentine and other crude para-cymene; terpenic oils produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods (excl. gum turpentine, wood turpentine and sulphate turpentine)3806Rosin, resin acids and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums380610Rosin and resin acids380620Salts of rosin, of resin acids or of derivatives of rosin or resin acids (excl. salts of rosin adducts)380630Ester gums380690Derivatives of rosin, incl. salts of rosin adducts, and of resin acids, light and heavy resin oils and modified natural resins obtained by heat treatment run gums (excl. salts of rosin, of resin acids or salts of derivatives of rosin or resin acids, and ester gums)3807Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewer's pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or vegetable pitch (excl. Burgundy pitch, yellow pitch, stearin pitch, fatty acid pitch, fatty tar and glycerin pitch)3808Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up for retail sale or as preparations or articles, e.g. sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers380850Goods of heading 3808 containing one or more of the following substances: aldrin (ISO); binapacryl (ISO); camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene); captafol (ISO); chlordane (ISO); chlordimeform (ISO); chlorobenzilate (ISO); DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane); dieldrin (ISO, INN); 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC (ISO)) or its salts; dinoseb (ISO), its salts or its esters; ethylene dibromide (ISO) (1,2-dibromoethane); ethylene dichloride (ISO) (1,2-dichloroethane); fluoroacetamide (ISO); heptachlor (ISO); hexachlorobenzene (ISO); 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN); mercury compounds; methamidophos (ISO); monocrotophos (ISO); oxirane (ethylene oxide); parathion (ISO); parathion-methyl (ISO) (methyl-parathion); pentachlorophenol (ISO), its salts or its esters; phosphamidon (ISO); 2,4,5-T (ISO) (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid), its salts or its esters; tributyltin compounds. Also dustable powder formulations containing a mixture of benomyl (ISO), carbofuran (ISO) and thiram (ISO).380891Insecticides (excl. goods of subheading 3808.50)380892Fungicides (excl. goods of subheading 3808.50)380893Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators (excl. goods of subheading 3808.50)380894Disinfectants (excl. goods of subheading 3808.50)380899Rodenticides and other plant protection products put up for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants, and goods of subheading 3808.50)3809Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations such as dressings and mordants of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, n.e.s.380910Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations such as dressings and mordants of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, n.e.s., based on starch or derivatives thereof380991Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs, and other products and preparations, e.g. dressings and mordants of a kind used in the textile or similar industries, n.e.s. (excl. those with a basis of amylaceous substances)380992Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs, and other products and preparations, e.g. dressings and mordants of a kind used in the paper or similar industries, n.e.s. (excl. those with a basis of amylaceous substances)380993Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs, and other products and preparations, e.g. dressings and mordants of a kind used in the leather or similar industries, n.e.s. (excl. those with a basis of amylaceous substances)3810Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding pastes and powders consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as coatings or cores for welding electrodes or rods381010Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; soldering, brazing or welding pastes and powders consisting of metal and other materials381090Fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods (excl. soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials, and welding electrodes or rods of base metals or metal carbides coated with fluxes)3811Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils, incl. gasoline, or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils381111Anti-knock preparations for motor fuels based on lead compounds381119Anti-knock preparations for motor fuels (excl. those based on lead compounds)381121Prepared additives for oil lubricants containing petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil381129Prepared additives for oil lubricants not containing petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil381190Oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives for mineral oils, incl. gasoline, or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils (excl. anti-knock preparations and oil lubricant additives)3812Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, n.e.s.; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics381210Prepared rubber accelerators381220Compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, n.e.s.381230Anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics3813Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades (excl. full or empty fire-extinguishing devices, whether or not portable, unmixed chemically undefined products with fire-extinguishing properties in other forms)3814Organic composite solvents and thinners, n.e.s.; prepared paint or varnish removers (excl. nail varnish remover)3815Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, n.e.s. (excl. rubber accelerators)381511Supported catalysts with nickel or a nickel compound as the active substance, n.e.s.381512Supported catalysts with precious metal or a precious-metal compound as the active substance, n.e.s.381519Supported catalysts, n.e.s. (excl. with precious metal, a precious-metal compound, nickel or a nickel compound as the active substance)381590Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, n.e.s. (excl. rubber accelerators and supported catalysts)3816Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions (excl. preparations based on graphite or other carbonaceous substances)3817Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes produced by the alkylation of benzene and naphthalene (excl. mixed isomers of cyclic hydrocarbons)3818Chemical elements and compounds doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers, cylinders, rods or similar forms, or cut into discs, wafers or similar forms, whether or not polished or with a uniform epitaxial coating (excl. elements that have been further processed, e.g. by selective diffusion)3819Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission not containing petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil, or containing < 70% petroleum oil or bituminous mineral oil by weight3820Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids (excl. prepared additives for mineral oils or other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils)3821Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms incl. viruses and the like or of plant, human or animal cells3822Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, and certified reference materials (excl. compound diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient, blood-grouping reagents, animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses and vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms and similar products)3823Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols382311Stearic acid, industrial382312Oleic acid, industrial382313Tall oil fatty acids, industrial382319Fatty acids, industrial, monocarboxylic; acid oils from refining (excl. stearic acid, oleic acid and tall oil fatty acids)382370Fatty alcohols, industrial3824Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations for the chemical or allied industries, incl. mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.382410Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores382430Non-agglomerated metal carbides mixed together or with metallic binders382440Prepared additives for cements, mortars or concretes382450Non-refractory mortars and concretes382460Sorbitol (excl. D-glucitol [sorbitol])382471Mixtures containing chlorofluorocarbons CFCs, whether or not containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons HCFCs, perfluorocarbons PFCs or hydrofluorocarbons HFCs382472Mixtures containing bromochlorodifluoromethane, bromotrifluoromethane or dibromotetrafluoroethanes382473Mixtures containing hydrobromofluorocarbons HBFCs382474Mixtures containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons HCFCs, whether or not containing perfluorocarbons PFCs or hydrofluorocarbons HFCs, but not containing chlorofluorocarbons CFCs382475Mixtures containing carbon tetrachloride382476Mixtures containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane methyl chloroform382477Mixtures containing bromomethane methyl bromide or bromochloromethane382478Mixtures containing perfluorocarbons PFCs or hydrofluorocarbons HFCs, but not containing chlorofluorocarbons CFCs or hydrochlorofluorocarbons HCFCs382479Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane (excl. those of subheadings 3824.71.00 to 3824.78.00)382481Mixtures and preparations containing oxirane ethylene oxide382482Mixtures and preparations containing polychlorinated biphenyls PCBs, polychlorinated terphenyls PCTs or polybrominated biphenyls PBBs382483Mixtures and preparations containing tris2,3-dibromopropyl phosphate382490Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.3825Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, n.e.s.; municipal waste; sewage sludge; clinical waste, waste organic solvents, wastes of metal pickling liquors, of hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freeze fluids and other wastes from chemical or allied industries (excl. wastes containing mainly petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals)382510Municipal waste382520Sewage sludge382530Clinical waste382541Waste organic solvents, halogenated382549Waste organic solvents, non-halogenated382550Wastes of metal pickling liquors, of hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freeze fluids382561Wastes from chemical or allied industries, mainly containing organic constituents (excl. anti-freeze fluids)382569Wastes from chemical or allied industries (excl. wastes of metal pickling liquors, of hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freeze fluids and those mainly containing organic constituents)382590Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, n.e.s. (excl. waste)3826Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing or containing < 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
