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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 3402: Organic surface-active agents (other than soap)

Heading 3402 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

3402Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 3401

Place in the nomenclature: 34 Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations… > 3402

Explanatory note (Eurostat)

Organic surface-active agents (excl. soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations, and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap (excl. those of heading 3401)

Subheadings (6 digits)
7
CN codes (8 digits)
10

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 3402

  • 3402 31Anionic organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale | Linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acids and their salts

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acids and their salts

    • 3402 31 00 Linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acids and their salts
  • 3402 39Anionic organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale | Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Anionic organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale (excl. linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acids and their salts)

    • 3402 39 10 Aqueous solution containing by weight 30 % or more but not more than 50 % of disodium alkyl [oxydi(benzenesulphonate)]
    • 3402 39 90 Other
  • 3402 41Other organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale | Cationic

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Cationic organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale

    • 3402 41 00 Cationic
  • 3402 42Other organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale | Non-ionic

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Non-ionic organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale (excl. soap)

    • 3402 42 00 Non-ionic
  • 3402 49Other organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale | Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale (excl. soap, anionic, cationic and non-ionic)

    • 3402 49 00 Other
  • 3402 50Preparations put up for retail sale

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Surface-active preparations, washing preparations, auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations put up for retail sale (excl. organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and products and preparations for washing the skin in the form of liquid or cream)

    • 3402 50 10 Surface-active preparations
    • 3402 50 90 Washing preparations and cleaning preparations
  • 3402 90Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations (excl. those put up for retail sale, organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and products and preparations for washing the skin in the form of liquid or cream)

    • 3402 90 10 Surface-active preparations
    • 3402 90 90 Washing preparations and cleaning preparations

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.