HS code 3603: Safety fuses
Heading 3603 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 36, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
3603Safety fuses; detonating cords; percussion or detonating caps; igniters; electric detonators
Place in the nomenclature: 36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations > 3603
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Safety fuses; detonating cords; percussion or detonating caps; igniters; electric detonators (excl. grenade detonators and cartridge cases, whether or not with percussion caps)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 6
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 6
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 3603
- 3603 10Safety fuses
- 3603 10 00 Safety fuses
- 3603 20Detonating cords
- 3603 20 00 Detonating cords
- 3603 30Percussion caps
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Percussion caps (excl. cartridge cases with percussion caps)
- 3603 30 00 Percussion caps
- 3603 40Detonating caps
- 3603 40 00 Detonating caps
- 3603 50Igniters
- 3603 50 00 Igniters
- 3603 60Electric detonators
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Electric detonators (excl. grenade detonators)
- 3603 60 00 Electric detonators
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.