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HS code for polishes
In the UK Trade Tariff’s list of everyday names, “polishes” points to heading 3405: polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading 3404. Check the description and the notes of the chapter before declaring: the right code depends on what the goods are made of and how they are used.
The UK Global Tariff divides 3405 into 6 tariff lines; the duty is duty-free.
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, 3405 covers 6 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free.
The Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule divides 3405 into 8 tariff lines; the duty is duty-free.
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Questions and answers
What is the HS code for polishes?
Polishes are classified under 3405 (Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring…) in the Harmonized System. National tariffs add more digits; see the lines on this page.