Códigos HS y HTS
Freight all kinds
Animal & Animal Products 01-05
Vegetable Products 06-14
Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils 15-15
Foodstuffs, Beverages and Tobacco 16-24
Mineral Products 25-27
Chemicals & Allied Industries 28-38
Plastics/Rubbers 39-40
Raw Hides, Skins, Leather, & Furs 41-43
Wood & Wood Products 44-46
Pulp of Wood and Fibrous Material 47-49
Textiles 50-63
Footwear/Headgear 64-67
Stone/Glass 68-70
Precious Stone, Metal, Pearls and Coins 71-71
Base Metals 72-83
Machinery/Electrical 84-85
Vehicles 86-89
Precision Instruments 90-92
Arms and Ammunition 93-93
Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles 94-96
Works of Art 97-97
Unique US National HS Codes 98-99 Code
Product Name
0308
Aquatic invertebrates, other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, smoked, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, flours, meals, and pellets, fit for human consumption
0401
Milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
0402
Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
0403
Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yoghurt, kephir, fermented or acidified milk or cream, whether or not concentrated, containing added sugar, sweetening matter, flavoured or added fruit or cocoa
0404
Whey and products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included
0405
Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk, dairy spreads
0406
Cheese and curd
0407
Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked
0408
Birds' eggs, not in shell, egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
0409
Honey, natural
0410
Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
0501
Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured, waste of human hair
0502
Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair, and waste thereof
0504
Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
0505
Skins and other parts of birds with feathers, down, feathers, down and parts thereof, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected, treated for preservation, powder, waste and parts of feathers
0506
Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised, powder and waste of these products
0507
Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks unworked or simply prepared, not cut to shape, waste and powder of these products
0508
Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared, shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, not cut to shape powder and waste thereof
0510
Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk, cantharides, bile, dried or not glands, other animal products used in preparation of pharmaceutical products, fresh chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved
0511
Animal products not elsewhere specified or included, dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption
FAQs on Harmonized System (HS) Code
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A Harmonized System (HS) code is a standardized numerical code used worldwide to classify goods in international trade. It is managed by the World Customs Organization and is used by customs authorities in over 200 countries to identify products, calculate duties and taxes, and collect trade statistics.
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Yes, HS codes are used for both import and export because they are the common language customs authorities rely on to classify goods in international trade. The same six‑digit HS structure underpins the classification systems that countries use when goods enter (imports) or leave (exports), and it appears on key documents like customs declarations, commercial invoices, and certificates of origin.
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The HS code is a 6-digit classification used by over 200 countries to pin-down products. On the other hand, an HTS code is specific to your country - like the US - and throws in 2 to 4 extra digits onto the base HS code to figure out duty rates and trade stats. When you are shipping internationally, the first 6 digits are the same everywhere, but the rest of the code changes depending on where your goods are headed.
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The first 6 digits are the standard set by the World Customs Organization (WCO). That means no matter where you are in the world, these 6 digits are just about the only thing you'll see the same everywhere. They amount to a sort of "customs language". Now the full 10-digit code is all about how much duty you pay in a particular country but the 6 digits make sure your cargo isn't caught for basic misclassification at the border.
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If you get the code wrong your shipment is more likely to get "flagged" by customs. The upshot is either a delay while they re-check the cargo, or heavy fines for the person importing the goods, seizure of the goods, or needing to pay for the duty all over again after the fact. For a freight forwarder, getting the code wrong can damage your reputation and lead to all sorts of insurance headache.
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The WCO usually only updates the HS nomenclature every five years to keep up with the HS/HSN Codes FAQ Content Sample latest and greatest. They last did it in 2022. However countries update their own HTS tariff schedules much more often. They can do it as often as once a year, or even half a year if there are new trade agreements or if a country decides to impose a "Section 301" style tariff.
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Not exactly. An HS code is the global base classification (usually 6 digits) created by the World Customs Organization, and it is the same across all participating countries. A tariff code is usually the full national classification used by a specific country to set duties and taxes, and it typically starts with the HS code and then adds extra digits for local detail. So every tariff code is built on an HS code, but it is more specific to one country’s tariff schedule.