HS code 3503: Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangular (including square)
Heading 3503 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 35, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
3503Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangular (including square) sheets, whether or not surface-worked or coloured) and gelatin derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal origin, excluding casein glues of heading 3501
Place in the nomenclature: 35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes > 3503
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Gelatin, whether or not in square or rectangular sheets, whether or not surface-worked or coloured, and gelatin derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal origin (excl. those packaged as glue for retail sale and weighing net <= 1 kg, and casein glues of heading 3501)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 1
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 2
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 3503
- 3503 00Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangular (including square) sheets, whether or not surface-worked or coloured) and gelatin derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal origin, excluding casein glues of heading 3501
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Gelatin, whether or not in square or rectangular sheets, whether or not surface-worked or coloured, and gelatin derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal origin (excl. those packaged as glue for retail sale and weighing net <= 1 kg, and casein glues of heading 3501)
- 3503 00 10 Gelatin and derivatives thereof
- 3503 00 80 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.