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The HS Code

The HS Code (Harmonized System) is subdivided into sections I Live Animals; Animal Products (Chapters 01-05) II Vegetable Products (Chapters 6-14) III Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils and Their Cleavage Products; Prepared Edible Fats; Animal or Vegetable Waxes (Chapter 15) IV Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits, and Vinegar; Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes (Chapters 16-24) V Mineral Products (Chapters 25-27) VI Products of the Chemical or Allied Industries (Chapters 28-38) VII Plastics and Articles Thereof; Rubber and Articles Thereof (Chapters 39-40) 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) (Chapters 41-43) 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 (Chapters 44-46) X Pulp of Wood or of other Fibrous Cellulosic Material; Waste and Scrap of Paper or Paperboard; Paper and Paperboard and Articles Thereof (Chapters 47-49) XI Textiles and Textile Articles (Chapters 50-63) 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 (Chapters 64-67) XIII Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials; Ceramic Products; Glass and Glassware (Chapters 68-70) XIV Natural or Cultured Pearls, Precious or Semiprecious Stones, Precious Metals, Metals Clad with Precious Metal, and Articles Thereof; Imitation Jewellery; Coin (Chapter 71) XV Base Metals and Articles of Base Metal (Chapters 72-83) 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 (Chapters 84-85) XVII Vehicles, Aircraft, Vessels and Associated Transport Equipment (Chapters 86-89) XVIII Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instruments and Apparatus; Clocks and Watches; Musical Instruments; Parts and Accessories Thereof (Chapters 90-92) XIX Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories Thereof (Chapter 93) XX Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles (Chapters 94-96) XXI Works of Art, Collectors' Pieces and Antiques (Chapter 97)