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Sections and Chapters
The primary division of goods in the Tariff is into Sections and Chapters. There are 21 Sections in all,
comprising 98 Chapters. The Harmonized System is a global classification system where products are grouped
according to what they are, what they are made of, and how they are manufactured or processed.
Agricultural Products
- Section I: Live animals; animal products
- Section II: Vegetable products
- Section III: Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats;
animal or vegetable waxes
- Section IV: Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco
substitutes
Mineral Products
- Section V: Mineral products
Chemical and Related Products
- Section VI: Products of the chemical or allied industries
- Section VII: Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof
Non-Consumable Animal and Plant Products
- 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)
- 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
- Section X: Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard;
paper and paperboard and articles thereof
Textiles and Apparel
- Section XI: Textiles and textile articles
- 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
Non-Metallic Mineral Products
- Section XIII: Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware
Metals and Manufactured Articles Made Mostly of Metal
- Section XIV: Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with
precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
- Section XV: Base metal and articles of base metal
- 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 XVII: Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment
- Section XVIII: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical
instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof
- Section XIX: Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
Other Highly Manufactured and Special-Purpose Goods
- Section XX: Miscellaneous manufactured articles
- Section XXI: Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques
Explanatory Notes
As an aid to in-depth understanding, the international version of the Harmonized System has Explanatory Notes associated
with it. The Notes are arranged in the same order as the Tariff itself. They can be used to assist in classification but
have no legal force. They typically contain more detailed descriptions of the products or groups of products to be included
in a given area of the Tariff often including detailed accounts of the manufacturing processes to be used.
- About the Tariff
- The Importance of Tariff Classification
- Rules of Interpretation
- Legal Notes
- Sections and Chapters
- The Classification Number
- Tariff Item Details
- Terminology
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