HS code 7408: Copper wire
Heading 7408 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 74, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
7408Copper wire
Place in the nomenclature: 74 Copper and articles thereof > 7408
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Copper wire (excl. surgical sutures, stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like and other articles of heading 7413, electrically insulated wires and strings for musical instruments)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 5
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 6
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 7408
- 7408 11Of refined copper | Of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Wire of refined copper, with a maximum cross-sectional dimension of > 6 mm
- 7408 11 00 Of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm
- 7408 19Of refined copper | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Wire of refined copper, with a maximum cross-sectional dimension of <= 6 mm
- 7408 19 10 Of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 0,5 mm
- 7408 19 90 Of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension does not exceed 0,5 mm
- 7408 21Of copper alloys | Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Wire of copper-zinc base alloys "brass"
- 7408 21 00 Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass)
- 7408 22Of copper alloys | Of copper-nickel base alloys (cupro-nickel) or copper-nickel-zinc base alloys (nickel silver)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Wire of copper-nickel alloys "cupro-nickel" or copper-nickel-zinc alloys "nickel silver"
- 7408 22 00 Of copper-nickel base alloys (cupro-nickel) or copper-nickel-zinc base alloys (nickel silver)
- 7408 29Of copper alloys | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Wire of copper alloys (other than copper-zinc alloys [brass], copper-nickel alloys [cupro-nickel] or copper-nickel-zinc alloys [nickel silver])
- 7408 29 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.