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United Kingdom · Section VI

3405406-digit

Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations

HS 340540 — Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations — sits in Chapter 34 (Soap, detergents, lubricants, waxes). Soap, cleaning agents, laundry preparations, polishes, candles. EU importers pay MFN duty plus import VAT at the border; origin-specific trade remedies (anti-dumping, countervailing, safeguards, US Section 301) can stack on top when applicable. Classification disputes are decided by the Section VI — Products of the chemical or allied industries legal notes shown below — these are legally binding interpretation rules, not advisory text. The duty table renders live rates from authoritative tariff sources (EU TARIC, HMRC XI, USITC HTS); cross-country rows compare treatment under five tariff schedules.

Section VI — Products of the chemical or allied industries · Chapter 34 — SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES, PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING OR SCOURING PREPARATIONS, CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, MODELLING PASTES, 'DENTAL WAXES' AND DENTAL PREPARATIONS WITH A BASIS OF PLASTER

Legally-binding interpretation rules from the EU Combined Nomenclature (Regulation (EU) 2023/2364). These notes decide classification disputes — read before challenging an HS code assignment.

Section VI notes

1. (A) Goods (other than radioactive ores) answering to a description in heading [2844](/headings/2844) or [2845](/headings/2845) are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of the classification. (B) Subject to paragraph (A) above, goods answering to a description in heading [2843](/headings/2843), [2846](/headings/2846) or [2852](/headings/2852) are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of this section. 2. Subject to Note 1 above, goods classifiable in heading [3004](/headings/3004), [3005](/headings/3005), [3006](/headings/3006), [3212](/headings/3212), [3303](/headings/3303), [3304](/headings/3304), [3305](/headings/3305), [3306](/headings/3306), [3307](/headings/3307), [3506](/headings/3506), [3707](/headings/3707) or [3808](/headings/3808) by reason of being put up in measured doses or for retail sale are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of the nomenclature. 3. Goods put up in sets consisting of two or more separate constituents, some or all of which fall in this section and are intended to be mixed together to obtain a product of Section VI or VII, are to be classified in the heading appropriate to that product, provided that the constituents are: a. having regard to the manner in which they are put up, clearly identifiable as being intended to be used together without first being repacked; b. presented together; and c. identifiable, whether by their nature or by the relative proportions in which they are present, as being complementary one to another. 4. Where a product answers to a description in one or more of the headings in Section VI by virtue of being described by name or function and also to heading [3827](/headings/3827), then it is classifiable in a heading that references the product by name or function and not under heading [3827](/headings/3827).

Chapter 34 notes

1. This chapter does not cover: - a. edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils of a kind used as mould-release preparations (heading [1517](/headings/1517)); - b. separate chemically defined compounds; or - c. shampoos, dentifrices, shaving creams and foams, or bath preparations, containing soap or other organic surface-active agents (heading [3305](/headings/3305), [3306](/headings/3306) or [3307](/headings/3307)). 2. For the purposes of heading [3401](/headings/3401), the expression 'soap' applies only to soap soluble in water. Soap and the other products of heading [3401](/headings/3401) may contain added substances (for example, disinfectants, abrasive powders, fillers or medicaments). Products containing abrasive powders remain classified in heading [3401](/headings/3401) only if in the form of bars, cakes or moulded pieces or shapes. In other forms, they are to be classified in heading [3405](/headings/3405) as 'scouring powders and similar preparations'. 3. For the purposes of heading [3402](/headings/3402), 'organic surface-active agents' are products which, when mixed with water at a concentration of 0.5% at 20°C and left to stand for one hour at the same temperature: - a. give a transparent or translucent liquid or stable emulsion without separation of insoluble matter; and - b. reduce the surface tension of water to 4.5 x 10-2 N/m (45 dyn/cm) or less. 4. In heading [3403](/headings/3403), the expression 'petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals' applies to the products defined in Note 2 to Chapter [27](/chapters/27). 5. In heading [3404](/headings/3404), subject to the exclusions provided below, the expression 'artificial waxes and prepared waxes' applies only to: - a. chemically produced organic products of a waxy character, whether or not water soluble; - b. products obtained by mixing different waxes; - c. products of a waxy character with a basis of one or more waxes and containing fats, resins, mineral substances or other materials. The heading does not apply to: - (a) products of heading [1516](/headings/1516), [3402](/headings/3402) or [3823](/headings/3823), even if having a waxy character; - (b) unmixed animal waxes or unmixed vegetable waxes, whether or not refined or coloured, of heading [1521](/headings/1521); - (c) mineral waxes or similar products of heading [2712](/headings/2712), whether or not intermixed or merely coloured; or - (d) waxes mixed with, dispersed in or dissolved in a liquid medium (heading [3405](/headings/3405), [3809](/headings/3809), etc.).

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How 340540 is treated in other markets

Same 6-digit international HS base, looked up in each authority's published schedule. Click any country to switch the page to that schedule's view.

Authority	Code published	MFN duty	VAT / GST
United Kingdomviewing	340540	—	20%
International (HS 2022)	340540	—	—
United States (HTS)	3405400000	Free	0%
European Union (CN)	34054000	Free	21%
Israel	340540	—	18%

Rates compiled from USITC, EU Commission TARIC, HMRC, and Israeli Tax Authority public datasets. Verify with the official tariff before declaring.

Landed cost estimate · United Kingdom

GBP basis

CIF value (GBP)

CIF customs valuedeclared£1,000.00
+ DutyNo duty rate available£0.00
+ Import VAT20% of (CIF + duty)£200.00
Total landed cost · United Kingdom£1,200.00

·Duty rate not yet ingested for this jurisdiction. Showing VAT only on the CIF basis.

Estimate excludes brokerage fees, freight, insurance, and last-mile delivery. For a binding total, get a quote from a licensed customs broker.

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