HS code 3005: Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles
Heading 3005 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 30, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
3005Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packings for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes
Place in the nomenclature: 30 Pharmaceutical products > 3005
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 2
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 5
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 3005
- 3005 10Adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes
- 3005 10 00 Adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer
- 3005 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer)
- 3005 90 10 Wadding and articles of wadding
- 3005 90 31 Other | Of textile materials | Gauze and articles of gauze
- 3005 90 50 Other | Of textile materials | Other
- 3005 90 99 Other | 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.