Chapter 34 · Soap, washing preparations, waxes, candles
All headings and subheadings for soap, washing preparations, waxes, candles. Each six-digit code links to the import and export shipments declared under it, with dates, quantities, declared values, ports and the companies involved.
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 340111 | 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) | Imports · Exports |
| 340119 | 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 | Imports · Exports |
| 340120 | Soap, in forms n.e.c. in item no. 3401.11 | Imports · Exports |
| 340130 | 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 | Imports · Exports |
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 340231 | Anionic organic surface-active agents (other than soap), linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acids and their salts, whether or not put up for retail sale | Imports · Exports |
| 340239 | 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 | Imports · Exports |
| 340241 | Organic surface-active agents, cationic (other than soap), whether or not put up for retail sale | Imports · Exports |
| 340242 | Organic surface-active agents, non-ionic (other than soap), whether or not put up for retail sale | Imports · Exports |
| 340249 | Organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale, n.e.c. in item no. 3402 | Imports · Exports |
| 340250 | 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 | Imports · Exports |
| 340290 | 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 | Imports · Exports |
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 340311 | 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 | Imports · Exports |
| 340319 | 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 | Imports · Exports |
| 340391 | Lubricating preparations, for the treatment of textile and similar materials (leather, furskins etc), (not containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals) | Imports · Exports |
| 340399 | Lubricating preparations, other than for the treatment of textile and similar materials, not containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | Imports · Exports |
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 340510 | Polishes, creams and similar preparations, for footwear or leather, excluding waxes of heading no. 3404 | Imports · Exports |
| 340520 | Polishes, creams and similar preparations, for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other woodwork, excluding waxes of heading no. 3404 | Imports · Exports |
| 340530 | Polishes, creams and similar preparations, for coachwork, other than metal polishes, excluding waxes of heading no. 3404 | Imports · Exports |
| 340540 | 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) | Imports · Exports |
| 340590 | Polishes, creams and similar preparations, n.e.c. in heading no. 3405, excluding waxes of heading no. 3404 | Imports · Exports |
Working with chapter 34
Chapter 34 of the Harmonized System covers soap, washing preparations, waxes, candles. It is organised into 7 four-digit headings and 24 six-digit subheadings, and national tariffs extend those to eight or ten digits. Because the six-digit level is shared worldwide, it is the right level for comparing trade between countries, while the national digits matter for duty rates and licensing.
On EximTradeIntel each subheading opens a table of actual shipments, 2019-2026, so you can see how goods in this chapter are described on real declarations, what they are worth per unit, which ports they move through and which companies are trading them. That makes the chapter useful for classification checks, for pricing a tender, and for building buyer or supplier lists inside a narrow product family. Searching is free, and only exports use credits. See the full chapter index for neighbouring categories.
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