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WCO HS 2022 database & HS code search

The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System is the international language of customs. This page gives you the complete HS 2022 edition — 21 sections, 97 chapters and 5,613 six-digit subheadings — with official descriptions, fully searchable and browseable without leaving this page.

Bundled reference dataset: WCO HS Nomenclature 2022, via the UN Comtrade public classification.

Edition in force: HS 2022 is the current edition and remains in force for declarations made up to 31 December 2027. The next edition, HS 2028, was approved by the WCO Council in June 2025 and applies from 1 January 2028 — it restructures the nomenclature to 1,229 headings and 5,852 subheadings, adding new headings for vaccines (30.07 and 30.08) and dietary supplements (21.07) and aligning plastic waste headings with the Basel Convention.
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The Harmonized System is arranged in 21 sections, each covering one or more of the 97 chapters. Open a section to see its chapters, then open a chapter to list every six-digit subheading it contains.

How the HS is structured

Section

The broadest grouping. There are 21 sections, from Section I (live animals; animal products) to Section XXI (works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques).

Chapter

Two digits. There are 97 chapters (chapter 77 is reserved for future use). Chapter 01 covers live animals; chapter 85 covers electrical machinery.

Heading

Four digits — the first two are the chapter, the second two identify the heading within it. For example 0901 is coffee, tea and spices’ coffee heading.

Subheading

Six digits — the internationally harmonised level. For example 090121 is roasted coffee, not decaffeinated. Countries extend this further with national digits.

From HS to your declaration. The six-digit HS subheading is the base. The UK adds two national digits (eight-digit code) and a further two for the ten-digit commodity code you declare. Select any code here and use the UK duty link to see the UK rates.

Official HS resources

WCO HS Nomenclature 2022

The full official text of the HS 2022 edition published by the World Customs Organization, including the legal notes and interpretative rules.

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HS 2028 edition

The eighth edition of the Harmonized System, applicable from 1 January 2028, together with the WCO correlation tables mapping every HS 2022 code to its 2028 successor.

Read the HS 2028 amendments ↗

WCO Trade Tools

The WCO's own HS Database offers advanced search, correlation tables between editions and classification opinions. It is a subscription service operated by the WCO.

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UN Comtrade classifications

Free machine-readable HS classifications and trade statistics maintained by the United Nations, used to build the reference dataset on this page.

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