Cleaning wipes Hs Code

Cleaning wipes harmonized system code

Product Overview Cleaning wipes categorized under HS Code 340119 are pre-moistened disposable sheets primarily composed of non-woven fabrics impregnated with cleaning agents. These wipes are engineered for surface sanitation, featuring specifications such as uniform sheet dimensions typically ranging from 15 cm x 20 cm to 20 cm x 30 cm, and controlled moisture content between 40-60% by weight to ensure optimal cleaning efficacy without residue. Manufactured through advanced lamination and impregnation processes, they exhibit consistent tensile strength, absorbency, and bactericidal properties when applicable. The HS Code 340119 encompasses subcategories including disinfectant wipes, general-purpose cleaning wipes, and specialty wipes designed for industrial or food-contact surfaces. Commercially, these products are extensively utilized across food service operations, retail environments, and industrial processing sectors for rapid removal of contaminants, grease, and microbial agents, thereby supporting hygiene compliance and operational efficiency. Positioned competitively within the market, they offer trade advantages such as extended shelf life, ease of use in multi-unit packaging, and compliance with regulatory standards for sanitation products. HS Code Classification & Trade Specifications The full HS Code for these cleaning wipes is 340119, where Chapter 34 covers “Soap, Organic Surface-Active Agents, Washing Preparations, Lubricating Preparations, Artificial Waxes, Prepared Waxes, Polishing or Scouring Preparations, Candles and Similar Articles, Modelling Pastes, “ and Heading 3401 pertains to “Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap.” Subheading 340119 specifically designates “Organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and other than those of heading 3401.11.” This classification is justified by the product’s composition as organic surface-active agents in a pre-moistened wipe format designed for external cleaning applications. Trade considerations include packaging in multi-count sealed pouches or canisters to maintain moisture integrity and prevent microbial contamination, employing preservation methods such as the addition of stabilizers and antimicrobial agents. Shipping typically adheres to ambient temperature logistics with protective packaging to avoid physical deformation. Quality standards align with ISO 9001 manufacturing protocols and comply with WTO agreements on sanitary and phytosanitary measures, ensuring harmonized customs documentation and facilitating smooth cross-border trade operations.

Cleaning wipes Chapter Note

1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils of a kind used as mould release preparations (heading 15.17); (b) Separate chemically defined compounds; or (c) Shampoos, dentifrices, shaving creams and foams, or bath preparations, containing soap or other organic surface-active agents (heading 33.05, 33.06 or 33.07). 2.- For the purposes of heading 34.01, the expression “soap” applies only to soap soluble in water. Soap and the other products of heading 34.01 may contain added substances (for example, disinfectants, abrasive powders, fillers or medicaments). Products containing abrasive powders remain classified in heading 34.01 only if in the form of bars, cakes or moulded pieces or shapes. In other forms they are to be classified in heading 34.05 as “scouring powders and similar preparations”. 3.- For the purposes of heading 34.02, “organic surface-active agents” are products which when mixed with water at a concentration of 0.5 % at 20 C and left to stand for one hour at the same temperature : (a) give a transparent or translucent liquid or stable emulsion without separation of insoluble matter; and (b) reduce the surface tension of water to 4.5 x 10-2 N/m (45 dyne/cm) or less. 4.- In heading 34.03 the expression “petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals” applies to the products defined in Note 2 to Chapter 27. 5.- In heading 34.04, subject to the exclusions provided below, the expression “artificial waxes and prepared waxes” applies only to : (a) Chemically produced organic products of a waxy character, whether or not water-soluble; (b) Products obtained by mixing different waxes; (c) Products of a waxy character with a basis of one or more waxes and containing fats, resins, mineral substances or other materials. The heading does not apply to : (a) Products of heading 15.16, 34.02 or 38.23, even if having a waxy character; (b) Unmixed animal waxes or unmixed vegetable waxes, whether or not refined or coloured, of heading 15.21; (c) Mineral waxes or similar products of heading 27.12, whether or not intermixed or merely coloured; or (d) Waxes mixed with, dispersed in or dissolved in a liquid medium (headings 34.05, 38.09, etc.).