HS code 4001: Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle
Heading 4001 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 40, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
4001Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip
Place in the nomenclature: 40 Rubber and articles thereof > 4001
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 5
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 5
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 4001
- 4001 10Natural rubber latex, whether or not prevulcanised
- 4001 10 00 Natural rubber latex, whether or not prevulcanised
- 4001 21Natural rubber in other forms | Smoked sheets
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Smoked sheets of natural rubber
- 4001 21 00 Smoked sheets
- 4001 22Natural rubber in other forms | Technically specified natural rubber (TSNR)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Technically specified natural rubber "TSNR"
- 4001 22 00 Technically specified natural rubber (TSNR)
- 4001 29Natural rubber in other forms | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Natural rubber in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip (excl. smoked sheets, technically specified natural rubber "TSNR" and natural rubber latex, whether or not prevulcanised)
- 4001 29 00 Other
- 4001 30Balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip (excl. natural rubber, whether or not prevulcanised)
- 4001 30 00 Balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums
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.