# HS codes

> The Harmonized System (HS2022) has 96 chapters, 1,228 headings and 5,612 six-digit subheadings. Countries build their customs tariffs on these codes and add their own digits after the first six.

Source: https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes
Last updated: 13 October 2026

[HS codes](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes)

## Key facts

- Edition: HS2022
- Chapters: 96
- Headings: 1,228
- Subheadings: 5,612

## Chapters

Each chapter has a two-digit code. Its headings add two more digits, and their subheadings two more again, for six digits in all.

- [01](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/01) Live animals (6 headings, 34 subheadings)
- [02](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/02) Meat and edible meat offal (10 headings, 66 subheadings)
- [03](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/03) Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (9 headings, 225 subheadings)
- [04](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/04) Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (10 headings, 33 subheadings)
- [05](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/05) Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (9 headings, 15 subheadings)
- [06](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/06) Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (4 headings, 16 subheadings)
- [07](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/07) Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (14 headings, 73 subheadings)
- [08](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/08) Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (14 headings, 70 subheadings)
- [09](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/09) Coffee, tea, maté and spices (10 headings, 39 subheadings)
- [10](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/10) Cereals (8 headings, 26 subheadings)
- [11](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/11) Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (9 headings, 27 subheadings)
- [12](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/12) Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (14 headings, 50 subheadings)
- [13](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/13) Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (2 headings, 11 subheadings)
- [14](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/14) Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included (2 headings, 5 subheadings)
- [15](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/15) Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (21 headings, 53 subheadings)
- [16](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/16) Preparations of meat, of fish, of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or of insects (5 headings, 42 subheadings)
- [17](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/17) Sugars and sugar confectionery (4 headings, 17 subheadings)
- [18](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/18) Cocoa and cocoa preparations (6 headings, 11 subheadings)
- [19](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/19) Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products (5 headings, 19 subheadings)
- [20](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/20) Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (9 headings, 52 subheadings)
- [21](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/21) Miscellaneous edible preparations (6 headings, 16 subheadings)
- [22](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/22) Beverages, spirits and vinegar (9 headings, 24 subheadings)
- [23](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/23) Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder (9 headings, 23 subheadings)
- [24](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/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 (4 headings, 16 subheadings)
- [25](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/25) Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (29 headings, 67 subheadings)
- [26](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/26) Ores, slag and ash (21 headings, 37 subheadings)
- [27](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/27) Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (16 headings, 43 subheadings)
- [28](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/28) Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes (50 headings, 180 subheadings)
- [29](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/29) Organic chemicals (42 headings, 410 subheadings)
- [30](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/30) Pharmaceutical products (6 headings, 45 subheadings)
- [31](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/31) Fertilisers (5 headings, 24 subheadings)
- [32](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/32) Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks (15 headings, 45 subheadings)
- [33](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/33) Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (7 headings, 29 subheadings)
- [34](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/34) Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, “dental waxes” and dental preparations with a basis of plaster (7 headings, 24 subheadings)
- [35](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/35) Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (7 headings, 15 subheadings)
- [36](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/36) Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (6 headings, 13 subheadings)
- [37](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/37) Photographic or cinematographic goods (7 headings, 30 subheadings)
- [38](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/38) Miscellaneous chemical products (27 headings, 108 subheadings)
- [39](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/39) Plastics and articles thereof (26 headings, 131 subheadings)
- [40](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/40) Rubber and articles thereof (17 headings, 80 subheadings)
- [41](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/41) Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (11 headings, 37 subheadings)
- [42](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/42) Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut) (5 headings, 20 subheadings)
- [43](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/43) Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof (4 headings, 12 subheadings)
- [44](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/44) Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (21 headings, 128 subheadings)
- [45](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/45) Cork and articles of cork (4 headings, 7 subheadings)
- [46](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/46) Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork (2 headings, 11 subheadings)
- [47](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/47) Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard (7 headings, 21 subheadings)
- [48](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/48) Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (22 headings, 101 subheadings)
- [49](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/49) Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (11 headings, 18 subheadings)
- [50](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/50) Silk (7 headings, 9 subheadings)
- [51](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/51) Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric (13 headings, 38 subheadings)
- [52](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/52) Cotton (12 headings, 124 subheadings)
- [53](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/53) Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn (10 headings, 23 subheadings)
- [54](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/54) Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials (8 headings, 72 subheadings)
- [55](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/55) Man-made staple fibres (16 headings, 110 subheadings)
- [56](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/56) Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (9 headings, 30 subheadings)
- [57](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/57) Carpets and other textile floor coverings (5 headings, 24 subheadings)
- [58](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/58) Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery (11 headings, 37 subheadings)
- [59](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/59) Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use (11 headings, 24 subheadings)
- [60](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/60) Knitted or crocheted fabrics (6 headings, 44 subheadings)
- [61](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/61) Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (17 headings, 106 subheadings)
- [62](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/62) Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (17 headings, 104 subheadings)
- [63](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/63) Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (10 headings, 52 subheadings)
- [64](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/64) Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (6 headings, 25 subheadings)
- [65](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/65) Headgear and parts thereof (6 headings, 8 subheadings)
- [66](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/66) Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof (3 headings, 6 subheadings)
- [67](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/67) Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair (4 headings, 8 subheadings)
- [68](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/68) Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (15 headings, 50 subheadings)
- [69](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/69) Ceramic products (13 headings, 30 subheadings)
- [70](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/70) Glass and glassware (19 headings, 71 subheadings)
- [71](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/71) Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin (18 headings, 55 subheadings)
- [72](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/72) Iron and steel (29 headings, 167 subheadings)
- [73](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/73) Articles of iron or steel (26 headings, 124 subheadings)
- [74](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/74) Copper and articles thereof (16 headings, 49 subheadings)
- [75](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/75) Nickel and articles thereof (8 headings, 17 subheadings)
- [76](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/76) Aluminium and articles thereof (16 headings, 35 subheadings)
- [78](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/78) Lead and articles thereof (4 headings, 8 subheadings)
- [79](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/79) Zinc and articles thereof (6 headings, 9 subheadings)
- [80](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/80) Tin and articles thereof (4 headings, 5 subheadings)
- [81](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/81) Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof (12 headings, 56 subheadings)
- [82](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/82) Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (15 headings, 64 subheadings)
- [83](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/83) Miscellaneous articles of base metal (11 headings, 36 subheadings)
- [84](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/84) Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (86 headings, 538 subheadings)
- [85](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/85) Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (48 headings, 296 subheadings)
- [86](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/86) Railway or 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 (9 headings, 23 subheadings)
- [87](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/87) Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof (16 headings, 98 subheadings)
- [88](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/88) Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (6 headings, 26 subheadings)
- [89](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/89) Ships, boats and floating structures (8 headings, 25 subheadings)
- [90](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/90) Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (32 headings, 143 subheadings)
- [91](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/91) Clocks and watches and parts thereof (14 headings, 48 subheadings)
- [92](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/92) Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles (7 headings, 17 subheadings)
- [93](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/93) Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (7 headings, 18 subheadings)
- [94](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/94) Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; luminaires and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings (6 headings, 54 subheadings)
- [95](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/95) Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (6 headings, 39 subheadings)
- [96](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/96) Miscellaneous manufactured articles (20 headings, 49 subheadings)
- [97](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/97) Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques (6 headings, 19 subheadings)

## Frequently asked questions

### How many chapters, headings and subheadings does the Harmonized System have?

The Harmonized System (HS2022) has 96 chapters, 1,228 headings and 5,612 six-digit subheadings.

## Sources and updates

The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 1 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 13 October 2026.

This page was last updated on 13 October 2026.

Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.

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