HS chapter index
Every Harmonized System chapter, grouped into the 21 sections. The first two digits of any commodity code are its chapter, so this is where a classification starts: find the chapter, then narrow to a heading and a subheading.
97 chapters
Section I · Chapters 01-05Live animals and animal products
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
01 | Animals; live |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates |
04 | Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included |
05 | Animal originated products; not elsewhere specified or included |
Section II · Chapters 06-14Vegetable products
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
06 | Trees and other plants, live; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage |
07 | Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible |
08 | Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melons |
09 | Coffee, tea, mate and spices |
10 | Cereals |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt, starches, inulin, wheat gluten |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included |
Section III · Chapters 15Animal, vegetable and microbial fats and oils
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
15 | Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes |
Section IV · Chapters 16-24Prepared foodstuffs, beverages, spirits and tobacco
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
16 | Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or insects; preparations thereof |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar |
23 | Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder |
24 | 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 |
Section V · Chapters 25-27Mineral products
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
25 | Salt; sulphur; earths, stone; plastering materials, lime and cement |
26 | Ores, slag and ash |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
Section VI · Chapters 28-38Products of the chemical or allied industries
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals; of rare earth metals, of radio-active elements and of isotopes |
29 | Organic chemicals |
30 | Pharmaceutical products |
31 | Fertilizers |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints, varnishes; putty, other mastics; inks |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations |
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 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods |
38 | Chemical products n.e.c. |
Section VII · Chapters 39-40Plastics and rubber
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
39 | Plastics and articles thereof |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof |
Section VIII · Chapters 41-43Hides, skins, leather and furskins
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut) |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof |
Section IX · Chapters 44-46Wood, cork, straw and plaiting materials
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal |
45 | Cork and articles of cork |
46 | Manufactures of straw, esparto or other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork |
Section X · Chapters 47-49Pulp, paper, paperboard and printed matter
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
47 | Pulp of wood or other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or paperboard |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans |
Section XI · Chapters 50-63Textiles and textile articles
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
50 | Silk |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric |
52 | Cotton |
53 | Vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn |
54 | Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials |
55 | Man-made staple fibres |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens, special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings |
58 | Fabrics; special woven fabrics, tufted textile fabrics, lace, tapestries, trimmings, embroidery |
59 | Textile fabrics; impregnated, coated, covered or laminated; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use |
60 | Fabrics; knitted or crocheted |
61 | Apparel and clothing accessories; knitted or crocheted |
62 | Apparel and clothing accessories; not knitted or crocheted |
63 | Textiles, made up articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags |
Section XII · Chapters 64-67Footwear, headgear, umbrellas and prepared feathers
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
64 | Footwear; gaiters and the like; parts of such articles |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat sticks, whips, riding crops; and parts thereof |
67 | Feathers and down, prepared; and articles made of feather or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair |
Section XIII · Chapters 68-70Stone, plaster, cement, ceramics and glass
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
68 | Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; articles thereof |
69 | Ceramic products |
70 | Glass and glassware |
Section XIV · Chapters 71Pearls, precious stones and precious metals
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
71 | Natural, cultured pearls; precious, semi-precious stones; precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin |
Section XV · Chapters 72-83Base metals and articles of base metal
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
72 | Iron and steel |
73 | Iron or steel articles |
74 | Copper and articles thereof |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof |
76 | Aluminium and articles thereof |
78 | Lead and articles thereof |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof |
80 | Tin; articles thereof |
81 | Metals; n.e.c., cermets and articles thereof |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof, of base metal |
83 | Metal; miscellaneous products of base metal |
Section XVI · Chapters 84-85Machinery and electrical equipment
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
84 | Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof |
85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles |
Section XVII · Chapters 86-89Vehicles, aircraft and vessels
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
86 | Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds |
87 | Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof |
88 | Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures |
Section XVIII · Chapters 90-92Optical, medical and precision instruments; clocks
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles |
Section XIX · Chapters 93Arms and ammunition
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof |
Section XX · Chapters 94-96Miscellaneous manufactured articles
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
Section XXI · Chapters 97Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
97 | Works of art; collectors' pieces and antiques |
Outside the sectionsSpecial codes
| Chapter | Covers |
|---|---|
99 | Commodities not specified according to kind |
No chapter matches that. Try a two-digit number, or a word from the description.There is no chapter 77. It is reserved by the World Customs Organization and has never been allocated, so a code beginning 77 is an error rather than a rare commodity. Check the code against the source document.