HS code 1701: Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure
Heading 1701 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 17, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
1701Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form
Place in the nomenclature: 17 Sugars and sugar confectionery > 1701
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 5
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 9
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 1701
- 1701 12Raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | Beet sugar
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Raw beet sugar (excl. added flavouring or colouring)
- 1701 12 10 For refining
- 1701 12 90 Other
- 1701 13Raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | Cane sugar specified in subheading note 2 to this chapter
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Raw cane sugar, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter, obtained without centrifugation, with sucrose content 69° to 93°, containing only natural anhedral microcrystals (see subheading note 2.)
- 1701 13 10 For refining
- 1701 13 90 Other
- 1701 14Raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | Other cane sugar
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Raw cane sugar, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter (excl. cane sugar of 1701 13)
- 1701 14 10 For refining
- 1701 14 90 Other
- 1701 91Other | Containing added flavouring or colouring matter
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Refined cane or beet sugar, containing added flavouring or colouring, in solid form
- 1701 91 00 Containing added flavouring or colouring matter
- 1701 99Other | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form (excl. cane and beet sugar containing added flavouring or colouring and raw sugar)
- 1701 99 10 White sugar
- 1701 99 90 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.