HTS chapter 34

HTS chapter 34: soap and waxes codes and duty rates

Chapter 34 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States has 7 headings and 41 rate lines, split into 48 ten-digit statistical codes. Each heading below lists its rate lines with the official description and the general (Column 1) rate of duty. The general rate is only the starting point: Section 301, Section 232 and other programs can add to it depending on the country of origin, and the calculator applies them for any line.

3401Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, molded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; 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; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
3401.11.10Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, molded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent › For toilet use (including medicated products) › Castile soapFree
3401.11.50Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, molded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent › For toilet use (including medicated products)Free
3401.19.00Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, molded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent3401.19.00.00Free
3401.20.00Soap in other formsFree
3401.30.10Organic 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 › Containing any aromatic or modified aromatic surface-active agent4%
3401.30.50Organic 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 soap3401.30.50.00Free

3402Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 3401

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
3402.31.10Anionic organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale › Linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acids and their salts › Aromatic or modified aromatic3402.31.10.006.5%
3402.31.90Anionic organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale › Linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acids and their salts3.7%
3402.39.10Anionic organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale › Aromatic or modified aromatic4%
3402.39.90Anionic organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale3.7%
3402.41.10Other organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale › Cationic › Aromatic or modified aromatic4%
3402.41.90Other organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale › Cationic4%
3402.42.10Other organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale › Non-ionic › Aromatic or modified aromatic4%
3402.42.20Other organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale › Non-ionic › Fatty substances of animal, vegetable or microbial origin4%
3402.42.90Other organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale › Non-ionic3.7%
3402.49.10Other organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale › Aromatic or modified aromatic4%
3402.49.90Other organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale3402.49.90.003.7%
3402.50.11Preparations put up for retail sale › Containing any aromatic or modified aromatic surface-active agent4%
3402.50.51Preparations put up for retail sale3402.50.51.00Free
3402.90.10Synthetic detergents3.8%
3402.90.30Containing any aromatic or modified aromatic surface-active agent4%
3402.90.50Other › Other › Other3.7%

3403Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, antirust or anticorrosion preparations and mold release preparations, based on lubricants) and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials, but excluding preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70 percent or more by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
3403.11.20Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals › Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials › Preparations for the treatment of textile materials › Containing 50 percent or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals0.2%
3403.11.40Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals › Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials › Preparations for the treatment of textile materials6.1%
3403.11.50Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals › Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials1.4%
3403.19.10Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals › Containing 50 percent or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals0.2%
3403.19.50Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals5.8%
3403.91.10Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials › Preparations for the treatment of textile materials6%
3403.91.50Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials6.5%
3403.99.00Other › Other6.5%

3404Artificial waxes and prepared waxes

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
3404.20.00Of poly(oxyethylene) (polyethylene glycol)3404.20.00.00Free
3404.90.10Containing bleached beeswaxFree
3404.90.51Other › OtherFree

3405Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading 3404

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
3405.10.00Polishes, creams and similar preparations for footwear or leatherFree
3405.20.00Polishes, creams and similar preparations for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other woodworkFree
3405.30.00Polishes and similar preparations for coachwork, other than metal polishesFree
3405.40.00Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparationsFree
3405.90.00OtherFree

3406Candles, tapers and the like

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
3406.00.00Candles, tapers and the likeFree

3407Modeling pastes, including those put up for children's amusement; preparations known as "dental wax" or as "dental impression compounds", put up in sets, in packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or similar forms; other preparations for use in dentistry, with a basis of plaster (of calcined gypsum or calcium sulfate)

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
3407.00.20Modeling pastes, including those put up for children's amusementFree
3407.00.40OtherFree

Descriptions and general rates from the current USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The general rate excludes additional duties such as Section 301, Section 232 and antidumping or countervailing duties, which depend on the country of origin.