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, VEGETABLE OR MICROBIAL 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; PRODUCTS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING NICOTINE, INTENDED FOR INHALATION WITHOUT COMBUSTION; OTHER NICOTINE CONTAINING PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR THE INTAKE OF NICOTINE INTO THE HUMAN BODY
- 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: 48 PAPER AND PAPERBOARD; ARTICLES OF PAPER PULP, OF PAPER OR OF PAPERBOARD
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48PAPER AND PAPERBOARD; ARTICLES OF PAPER PULP, OF PAPER OR OF PAPERBOARD
4801Newsprint, in rolls or sheets4802Uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and non-perforated punchcards and punch-tape paper, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size, other than paper of heading 4801 or 4803; handmade paper and paperboard480210- Handmade paper and paperboard480220- Paper and paperboard of a kind used as a base for photosensitive, heat-sensitive or electrosensitive paper or paperboard480240- Wallpaper base480254-- Weighing less than 40 g/m²480255-- Weighing 40 g/m² or more but not more than 150 g/m², in rolls480256-- Weighing 40 g/m² or more but not more than 150 g/m², in sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded state480257-- Other, weighing 40 g/m² or more but not more than 150 g/m²480258-- Weighing more than 150 g/m²480261-- In rolls480262-- In sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded state480269-- Other4803Toilet or facial tissue stock, towel or napkin stock and similar paper of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, whether or not creped, crinkled, embossed, perforated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or sheets4804Uncoated kraft paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading 4802 or 4803480411-- Unbleached480419-- Other480421-- Unbleached480429-- Other480431-- Unbleached480439-- Other480441-- Unbleached480442-- Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of which more than 95 % by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a chemical process480449-- Other480451-- Unbleached480452-- Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of which more than 95 % by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a chemical process480459-- Other4805Other uncoated paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets, not further worked or processed than as specified in note 3 to this chapter480511-- Semi-chemical fluting paper480512-- Straw fluting paper480519-- Other480524-- Weighing 150 g/m² or less480525-- Weighing more than 150 g/m²480530- Sulphite wrapping paper480540- Filter paper and paperboard480550- Felt paper and paperboard480591-- Weighing 150 g/m² or less480592-- Weighing more than 150 g/m² but less than 225 g/m²480593-- Weighing 225 g/m² or more4806Vegetable parchment, greaseproof papers, tracing papers and glassine and other glazed transparent or translucent papers, in rolls or sheets480610- Vegetable parchment480620- Greaseproof papers480630- Tracing papers480640- Glassine and other glazed transparent or translucent papers4807Composite paper and paperboard (made by sticking flat layers of paper or paperboard together with an adhesive), not surface-coated or impregnated, whether or not internally reinforced, in rolls or sheets4808Paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or without glued flat surface sheets), creped, crinkled, embossed or perforated, in rolls or sheets, other than paper of the kind described in heading 4803480810- Corrugated paper and paperboard, whether or not perforated480840- Kraft paper, creped or crinkled, whether or not embossed or perforated480890- Other4809Carbon paper, self-copy paper and other copying or transfer papers (including coated or impregnated paper for duplicator stencils or offset plates), whether or not printed, in rolls or sheets480920- Self-copy paper480990- Other4810Paper and paperboard, coated on one or both sides with kaolin (China clay) or other inorganic substances, with or without a binder, and with no other coating, whether or not surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size481013-- In rolls481014-- In sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded state481019-- Other481022-- Lightweight coated paper481029-- Other481031-- Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of which more than 95 % by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a chemical process, and weighing 150 g/m² or less481032-- Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of which more than 95 % by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a chemical process, and weighing more than 150 g/m²481039-- Other481092-- Multi-ply481099-- Other4811Paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, coated, impregnated, covered, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size, other than goods of the kind described in heading 4803, 4809 or 4810481110- Tarred, bituminised or asphalted paper and paperboard481141-- Self-adhesive481149-- Other481151-- Bleached, weighing more than 150 g/m²481159-- Other481160- Paper and paperboard, coated, impregnated or covered with wax, paraffin wax, stearin, oil or glycerol481190- Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres4812Filter blocks, slabs and plates, of paper pulp4813Cigarette paper, whether or not cut to size or in the form of booklets or tubes481310- In the form of booklets or tubes481320- In rolls of a width not exceeding 5 cm481390- Other4814Wallpaper and similar wallcoverings; window transparencies of paper481420- Wallpaper and similar wallcoverings, consisting of paper coated or covered, on the face side, with a grained, embossed, coloured, design-printed or otherwise decorated layer of plastics481490- Other4816Carbon paper, self-copy paper and other copying or transfer papers (other than those of heading 4809), duplicator stencils and offset plates, of paper, whether or not put up in boxes481620- Self-copy paper481690- Other4817Envelopes, letter cards, plain postcards and correspondence cards, of paper or paperboard; boxes, pouches, wallets and writing compendiums, of paper or paperboard, containing an assortment of paper stationery481710- Envelopes481720- Letter cards, plain postcards and correspondence cards481730- Boxes, pouches, wallets and writing compendiums, of paper or paperboard, containing an assortment of paper stationery4818Toilet paper and similar paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, in rolls of a width not exceeding 36 cm, or cut to size or shape; handkerchiefs, cleansing tissues, towels, tablecloths, serviettes, bedsheets and similar household, sanitary or hospital articles, articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres481810- Toilet paper481820- Handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels481830- Tablecloths and serviettes481850- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories481890- Other4819Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other packing containers, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres; box files, letter trays, and similar articles, of paper or paperboard, of a kind used in offices, shops or the like481910- Cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard481920- Folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard481930- Sacks and bags, having a base of a width of 40 cm or more481940- Other sacks and bags, including cones481950- Other packing containers, including record sleeves481960- Box files, letter trays, storage boxes and similar articles, of a kind used in offices, shops or the like4820Registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, exercise books, blotting pads, binders (loose-leaf or other), folders, file covers, manifold business forms, interleaved carbon sets and other articles of stationery, of paper or paperboard; albums for samples or for collections and book covers, of paper or paperboard482010- Registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles482020- Exercise books482030- Binders (other than book covers), folders and file covers482040- Manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets482050- Albums for samples or for collections482090- Other4821Paper or paperboard labels of all kinds, whether or not printed482110- Printed482190- Other4822Bobbins, spools, cops and similar supports, of paper pulp, paper or paperboard (whether or not perforated or hardened)482210- Of a kind used for winding textile yarn482290- Other4823Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, cut to size or shape; other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres482320- Filter paper and paperboard482340- Rolls, sheets and dials, printed for self-recording apparatus482361-- Of bamboo482369-- Other482370- Moulded or pressed articles of paper pulp482390- Other
