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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 1521: Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax

Heading 1521 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 15, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.

Official description

1521Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or coloured

Place in the nomenclature: 15 Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes > 1521

Explanatory note (Eurostat)

Vegetable waxes, beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or coloured (excl. triglycerides)

Subheadings (6 digits)
2
CN codes (8 digits)
4

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 1521

  • 1521 10Vegetable waxes

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Vegetable waxes, whether or not refined or coloured (excl. triglycerides)

    • 1521 10 00 Vegetable waxes
  • 1521 90Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or coloured

    • 1521 90 10 Spermaceti, whether or not refined or coloured
    • 1521 90 91 Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not refined or coloured | Raw
    • 1521 90 99 Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not refined or coloured | Other

The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.

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Source

Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.