Liquid soap Hs Code

Liquid soap harmonized system code

Product Overview Liquid soap classified under HS Code 340130 is a water-based cleansing preparation formulated primarily from synthetic detergents and surfactants. It is characterized by a homogeneous, viscous liquid consistency with pH levels typically ranging between 5.5 and 8.0, ensuring skin compatibility and effective cleaning. The product undergoes rigorous refining and quality control processes to meet international hygiene standards, with variants including antibacterial, moisturizing, and fragrance-free formulations. HS Code 340130 encompasses various subcategories such as hand liquid soaps, body liquid soaps, and specialty cleansing liquids, differentiated by their additive profiles and intended applications. Commercially, liquid soap serves critical functions across food service establishments, healthcare facilities, retail outlets, and industrial processing units, where stringent sanitation protocols are mandated. Its value proposition lies in efficient microbial removal, ease of use, and formulation flexibility, which collectively support compliance with global hygiene regulations and enhance operational productivity. HS Code Classification & Trade Specifications The HS Code 340130 designates liquid soap under Chapter 34 (Soap, organic surface-active agents), Heading 3401 (Soap; organic surface-active products), and Subheading 340130 (Organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of liquid or cream). This classification is based on the product’s chemical composition, physical form, and intended use as a cleansing agent. Trade considerations include packaging in standardized volumes ranging from 250 ml to 5 liters, typically in polyethylene or high-density polyethylene containers to ensure chemical stability and prevent contamination during transit. Preservation methods emphasize maintaining product integrity through sealed, tamper-evident packaging and inclusion of stabilizers to extend shelf life beyond 24 months under controlled temperature conditions (5°C to 30°C). Compliance with ISO 9001 quality management and ISO 22716 Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) is standard, ensuring conformity with WTO trade regulations and facilitating customs clearance. Accurate tariff classification under 340130 supports tariff determination, import/export licensing, and regulatory adherence in global supply chains.

Liquid soap 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.).