HS code 3404: Artificial waxes and prepared waxes
Heading 3404 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
3404Artificial waxes and prepared waxes
Place in the nomenclature: 34 Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations… > 3404
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 2
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 2
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 3404
- 3404 20Of poly(oxyethylene) (polyethylene glycol)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Poly"oxyethylene" [polyethylene glycol] waxes
- 3404 20 00 Of poly(oxyethylene) (polyethylene glycol)
- 3404 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Artificial waxes and prepared waxes (excl. poly"oxyethylene" [polyethylene glycol] waxes)
- 3404 90 00 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.