HS chapter 34
Soap, detergents and waxes
Chapter 34 has 7 headings with 29 EU tariff lines and 51 Mercosur tariff lines. Duty-free from entry into force: 24 EU and 0 Mercosur lines. Ten years or more, a quota or excluded: 0 EU and 42 Mercosur lines.
Official chapter title: Soap, organic surface-active agents; washing, lubricating, polishing or scouring preparations; artificial or prepared waxes, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster · Data last updated 18 October 2026
How fast duties fall
Tariff lines of the chapter by staging category, in each schedule.
| Treatment | EU lines | Mercosur lines |
|---|---|---|
| Duty-free from entry into force (0) | 24 | 0 |
| Phased out over 4 to 8 years | 5 | 9 |
| Phased out over 10 years | 0 | 26 |
| Phased out over 15 years (15, 15V) | 0 | 4 |
| Excluded (E) | 0 | 12 |
Headings in this chapter
Headings with a product page are linked. For the others, open the calculator. Heading descriptions are the English HS nomenclature.
| Heading | Description | Into the EU | Into Brazil | Calculate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3401 | Soap; organic surface-active preparations used as soap, skin washing, in bars, cakes, moulded pieces, shapes, liquid or cream, containing soap or not; for retail, paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergentExcluded lines | base 0–4% | base 18%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 3402 | Detergents and surfactantsExcluded lines | base 0–4% | base 2–18%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 3403 | Lubricating preparations and those used in oil or grease treatment of textile and similar materials; excluding preparations containing 70% or more (by weight) of petroleum or bituminous mineral oils | base 4.6–6.5%zero by 2030 | base 14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 3404 | Waxes; artificial, preparedExcluded lines | base 0% | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 3405 | Polishes, creams, scouring pastes, powders and similar; in any form, (including articles impregnated, coated or covered with such), for furniture, footwear, floors, coachwork, glass or metalExcluded lines | base 0% | base 16%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 3406 | Candles, tapers and the like | base 0% | base 16%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 3407 | Modelling pastes, including those for children; dental wax, impression compounds, in sets or packings for retail sale or in plates and similar forms; dentistry preparations with plaster base | base 0% | base 16%zero by 2036 | Calculate |