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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 3401: Soap

Heading 3401 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 34, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.

Official description

3401Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded 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

Place in the nomenclature: 34 Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations… > 3401

Subheadings (6 digits)
4
CN codes (8 digits)
5

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 3401

  • 3401 11Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent | For toilet use (including medicated products)

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use, incl. medicated products

    • 3401 11 00 For toilet use (including medicated products)
  • 3401 19Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent | Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent (excl. those for toilet use, incl. medicated products)

    • 3401 19 00 Other
  • 3401 20Soap in other forms

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Soap in the form of flakes, granules, powder, paste or in aqueous solution

    • 3401 20 10 Flakes, wafers, granules or powders
    • 3401 20 90 Other
  • 3401 30Organic 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
    • 3401 30 00 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

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.