Abbreviations and symbols

 ABBREV-2017E

General Rules for the interpretation of the Harmonized System.

 0001-2017E GIR

SECTION I

LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 Section Notes.

0100-2017E

1

Live animals.

0101-2017E

2

Meat and edible meat offal.

0102-2017E

3

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates.

0103-2017E

4

Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included.

0104-2017E

5

Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included.

0105-2017E

SECTION II

VEGETABLE PRODUCTS 

Section Note.

0200-2017E

6

Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage.

0206-2017E

7

Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers.

0207-2017E

8

Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons.

0208-2017E

9

Coffee, tea, maté and spices.

0209-2017E

10

Cereals.

0210-2017E

11

Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten.

0211-2017E

12

Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder.

0212-2017E

13

Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts.

0213-2017E

14

Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included. 

0214-2017E

SECTION III

ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES

15

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes.

0315-2017E

SECTION IV

PREPARED FOODSTUFFS; BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR; TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES

Section Note.

0400-2017E

16

Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates.

0416-2017E

17

Sugars and sugar confectionery.

0417-2017E

18

Cocoa and cocoa preparations.

0418-2017E

19

Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products.

0419-2017E

20

Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants.

0420-2017E

21

Miscellaneous edible preparations.

0421-2017E

22

Beverages, spirits and vinegar.

0422-2017E

23

Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder.

0423-2017E

24

Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes.

0424-2017E 

SECTION V

MINERAL PRODUCTS

25

Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement.

0525-2017E

26

Ores, slag and ash.

0526-2017E

27

Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes.

0527-2017E

SECTION VI

PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES

Section Notes.

0600-2017E

28

Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes.

0628-2017E

29

Organic chemicals.

0629-2017E

30

Pharmaceutical products.

0630-2017E

31

Fertilisers.

0631-2017E

32

Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks.

0632-2017E

33

Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations.

0633-2017E

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.

0634-2017E

35

Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes.

0635-2017E

36

Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations.

0636-2017E

37

Photographic or cinematographic goods.

0637-2017E

38

Miscellaneous chemical products. 

0638-2017E 

SECTION VII

PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF 

Section Notes.

0700-2017E

39

Plastics and articles thereof.

0739-2017E

40

Rubber and articles thereof.

0740-2017E

SECTION VIII

RAW HIDES AND SKINS, LEATHER, FURSKINS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; SADDLERY AND HARNESS; TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS; ARTICLES OF ANIMAL GUT (OTHER THAN SILK-WORM GUT)

41

Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather.

0841-2017E

42

Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut).

0842-2017E

43

Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof. 

0843-2017E

SECTION IX

WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL; CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK; MANUFACTURES OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK 

44

Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal.

0944-2017E

45

Cork and articles of cork.

0945-2017E

46

Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork.

0946-2017E

SECTION X

PULP OF WOOD OR OF OTHER FIBROUS CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; RECOVERED (WASTE AND SCRAP) PAPER OR PAPERBOARD; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES THEREOF

47

Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard.

1047-2017E

48

Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard.

1048-2017E

49

Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans. 

1049-2017E

SECTION XI

TEXTILES AND TEXTILE ARTICLES

Section Notes.

1100-2017E

50

Silk.

1150-2017E

51

Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric.

1151-2017E

52

Cotton.

1152-2017E

53

Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn.

1153-2017E

54

Man-made filaments.

1154-2017E

55

Man-made staple fibres.

1155-2017E

56

Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof.

1156-2017E

57

Carpets and other textile floor coverings.

1157-2017E

58

Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery.

1158-2017E

59

Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use.

1159-2017E

60

Knitted or crocheted fabrics.

1160-2017E

61

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted.

1161-2017E

62

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted.

1162-2017E

63

Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags. 

1163-2017E

SECTION XII

FOOTWEAR, HEADGEAR, UMBRELLAS, SUN UMBRELLAS, WALKING-STICKS, SEAT-STICKS, WHIPS, RIDING-CROPS AND PARTS THEREOF; PREPARED FEATHERS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREWITH; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR

64

Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles.

1264-2017E

65

Headgear and parts thereof.

1265-2017E

66

Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof.

1266-2017E

67

Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair. 

1267-2017E

SECTION XIII

ARTICLES OF STONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; CERAMIC PRODUCTS; GLASS AND GLASSWARE

68

Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials.

1368-2017E

69

Ceramic products.

1369-2017E

70

Glass and glassware.

1370-2017E

SECTION XIV

NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS, METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELLERY; COIN

71

Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin.

1471-2017E

SECTION XV

BASE METALS AND ARTICLES OF BASE METAL

Section Notes.

1500-2017E

72

Iron and steel.

1572-2017E

73

Articles of iron or steel.

1573-2017E

74

Copper and articles thereof.

1574-2017E

75

Nickel and articles thereof.

1575-2017E

76

Aluminium and articles thereof.

1576-2017E

77

( Reserved for possible future use in the Harmonized System)

1577-2017E

78

Lead and articles thereof.

1578-2017E

79

Zinc and articles thereof.

1579-2017E

80

Tin and articles thereof.

1580-2017E

81

Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof.

1581-2017E

82

Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal.

1582-2017E

83

Miscellaneous articles of base metal.

1583-2017E

SECTION XVI

MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES

Section Notes.

1600-2017E

84

Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof.

1684-2017E

85

Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles.

1685-2017E

SECTION XVII

VEHICLES, AIRCRAFT, VESSELS AND ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT  

Section Notes.

1700-2017E

86

Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds.

1786-2017E

87

Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof.

1787-2017E

88

Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof.

1788-2017E

89

Ships, boats and floating structures.

1789-2017E

SECTION XVIII

OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; CLOCKS AND WATCHES; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF  

90

Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof.

1890-2017E

91

Clocks and watches and parts thereof.

1891-2017E 

92

Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles.

1892-2017E

SECTION XIX

ARMS AND AMMUNITION; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF

93

Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof.

1993-2017E

SECTION XX

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

94

Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings.

2094-2017E

Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof.

2095-2017E 

96

Miscellaneous manufactured articles.

2096-2017E

SECTION XXI

WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES AND ANTIQUES 

97

Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques.

2197-2017E

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Chapter 44 as amended by Council Recommendation of 27 June 2014 (see the introduction)

2244-2017E