Fragrance & perfume|HS Code

Fragrance & perfume harmonized system code

Product Overview Fragrance & Perfume, under the Harmonized System (HS) Code 3303, refers to products specifically designed to elicit a pleasant scent by the application or diffusion in the environment. This category includes products made through various processes, including distillation, expression, or extraction, often from natural sources like flowers, bark, and roots, but also from synthetic compounds. The physical specifications of these products can range from liquid to solid forms, and their quality attributes may include the intensity and longevity of the scent, the complexity of the aroma profile, and the purity of the ingredients used. HS Code 3303 further classifies these products into subcategories such as perfumes and toilet waters (3303.00.10), and beauty or makeup preparations and preparations for the care of the skin, excluding medicaments (3303.00.30). Commercially, Fragrance & Perfume products are integral to industries like cosmetics, personal care, home care, and hospitality. Their value proposition lies in the enhancement of consumer experiences, and their competitive advantages often depend on brand reputation, product quality, and sensory appeal. HS Code Classification & Trade Specifications The complete HS Code structure for Fragrance & Perfume is 3303.00, with 33 representing the Chapter for 'Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations,' and 03 indicating the Heading for 'Perfumes and toilet waters.' The classification rationale for this HS Code is based on the product's nature and intended use as a scent-enhancing product. When it comes to trade considerations, these products are typically packaged in glass or plastic containers to preserve their quality and are shipped under conditions that protect them from heat and light exposure. Fragrance & Perfume products traded under this HS Code must adhere to international quality standards, which may include regulations for ingredient safety, product stability, and labeling accuracy. These standards, combined with the product's specific measurable attributes like concentration levels and pH, are critical for customs classification, trade documentation, and compliance with World Trade Organization (WTO) and international trade classification systems.

Fragrance & perfume Chapter Note

1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Natural oleoresins or vegetable extracts of heading 13.01 or 13.02; (b) Soap or other products of heading 34.01; or (c) Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine or other products of heading 38.05. 2.- The expression “odoriferous substances” in heading 33.02 refers only to the substances of heading 33.01, to odoriferous constituents isolated from those substances or to synthetic aromatics. 3.- Headings 33.03 to 33.07 apply, inter alia, to products, whether or not mixed (other than aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils), suitable for use as goods of these headings and put up in packings of a kind sold by retail for such use. 4.- The expression “perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations” in heading 33.07 applies, inter alia, to the following products : scented sachets; odoriferous preparations which operate by burning; perfumed papers and papers impregnated or coated with cosmetics; contact lens or artificial eye solutions; wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with perfume or cosmetics; animal toilet preparations.