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The HS code finder uses official government tariffs only. The six-digit texts come from the UK Trade Tariff, checked against the EU Combined Nomenclature and the US tariff. We do not use the WCO Explanatory Notes or UN, WTO or World Bank tariff data.

India: ITC(HS) 2022, Schedule 2 – Export Policy (codes and descriptions)

Publisher
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)
Licence
Reproduced with permission (Government of India)
Edition
Notification 50/2024-25 dated 13.01.2025 (tariff lines as per Finance Act 2024, 16.08.2024); latest policy change cited in the schedule: 72/2024 dated 2025-03-11; PDF modified 2025-01-13
Taken on
2026-09-26 (12,332 ITC(HS) 8-digit lines)
Attribution
Source: DGFT, ITC(HS) 2022 Schedule 2 – Export Policy (Notification No. 50/2024-25, 13 Jan 2025, in sync with Finance Act 2024)

Official source for India (opens in a new tab)

United Kingdom: UK Trade Tariff

Publisher
HM Revenue & Customs and the Department for Business and Trade
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Edition
UK Global Tariff as served on 2026-09-26
Taken on
2026-09-26 (16,622 commodity code lines)
Attribution
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Official source for United Kingdom (opens in a new tab)

European Union: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026

Publisher
European Commission (Eurostat / Publications Office)
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Edition
CN 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926)
Taken on
2026-09-26 (9,791 CN 8-digit lines)
Attribution
© European Union, 1995–2026. Combined Nomenclature 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Official source for European Union (opens in a new tab)

United States: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

Publisher
US International Trade Commission
Licence
Public domain (US Government work, 17 U.S.C. §105)
Edition
2026 HTS Revision 19
Taken on
2026-09-26 (19,926 HTS lines)
Attribution
Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (USITC), public domain.

Official source for United States (opens in a new tab)

New Zealand: NZ Customs Working Tariff Document

Publisher
New Zealand Customs Service
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Edition
As at 1 July 2026; reprinted 1 January 2026
Taken on
2026-09-25 (8,428 tariff item lines)
Attribution
This work is based on New Zealand Customs data which is licensed by New Zealand Customs Service for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Official source for New Zealand (opens in a new tab)

Our additions

  • 8,956 search terms from the UK Trade Tariff's search references (Open Government Licence v3.0).
  • 40 Indian product words (such as agarbatti, dhurrie and sheesham) that our editors mapped to the tariff text. They are search hints, not classifications.
  • India's codes and descriptions are reproduced with the permission of the Government of India (DGFT and CBIC), with the source acknowledged.
  • Codes are HS 2022. HS 2028 comes into force on 1 January 2028; we will move each code to its HS 2028 successor from the official national correlation tables.
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