Code 3401 11 · Heading 3401

Toilet-use soap and soap preparations in bars, blocks or moulded pieces, plus soap-treated paper and similar materials

This code covers soap, organic surface-active substances and preparations used as soap when made as bars, blocks, moulded pieces or figures, and paper, cotton, felt or nonwovens impregnated or coated with soap or cleansing products. They must be for toilet use, including medical use.

For example

A toilet-use soap bar
A moulded soap figure for toilet use
Paper impregnated with soap for toilet use

See the official tariff text

Official tariff text

Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use, incl. medicated products

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VI
34
3401
3401 11

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Step 1 · Section VI Products of the chemical or allied industries
Is it an inorganic or organic chemical; a pharmaceutical product; a fertilizer; a tanning or dye extract, pigment, paint, varnish, filler or printing ink; an essential oil, perfume, cosmetic or toilet product; soap, a surface-active, washing, cleaning, polishing or wax product; a protein, modified starch, glue or enzyme; an explosive, pyrotechnic article, match or other specified combustible material; a photographic or cinematographic product; or another chemical product?
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Step 2 · Chapter 34 Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing prepar… 7 of 11 chapters in section VI
Is it soap or a skin-washing product in liquid or cream form for retail sale; another organic surfactant, washing or cleaning product; a prepared lubricant; synthetic or prepared wax; a polishing or scouring product; a stearin, paraffin or wax candle or similar product; or modelling paste, dental wax, dental impression material or another dental preparation based on gypsum, burnt gypsum or calcium sulphate?
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Step 3 · Heading 3401 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparati… 1 of 7 headings under chapter 34
Which description fits the product: a bar, block or moulded piece or shape, or paper, cotton wool, felt or nonwoven impregnated or coated with soap or cleansing products (for toilet use or not); soap in flakes, granules, powder, paste or another form not specified here; or a liquid or cream for washing the skin in a retail pack?
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Step 4 · Subheading 3401 11 Soap and organic surface-active products and prepar… 1 of 4 subheadings under heading 3401
Is it a bar, block, moulded piece or figure, or paper, cotton, felt or nonwoven impregnated or coated with soap or cleansing products for toilet use; soap in flakes, granules, powder, paste, aqueous solution or another form not elsewhere specified; or a liquid or cream skin-washing product in retail packaging?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0%

Only one code below

3401 11 00

Duty free

This subheading has one 8-digit code, so that is the code to use.

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 4.0%.

3401 11 Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use, incl. medicated products you are here 0.0%
3401 19 Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent (excl. those for toilet use, incl. medicated products) 0.0%
3401 20 Soap in the form of flakes, granules, powder, paste or in aqueous solution 0.0%
3401 30 Organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap 4.0%

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

Their lines2 Norwegian lines

34.01.1110 Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines1 British line

3401 11 00 00 For toilet use (including medicated products)

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines2 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

3401.11.10.00 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

See the 2 Norwegian lines

Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

34.01.1110

Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes

Ordinary duty

Duty free
34.01.1120

Paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap detergent

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

See the 1 British line

Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

3401 11 00 00

For toilet use (including medicated products)

Ordinary duty

Duty free

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

See the 2 US lines

Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

3401.11.10.00

Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, molded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, molded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, For toilet use (including medicated products), Castile soap

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
3401.11.50.00

Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, molded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, molded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, For toilet use (including medicated products), Other

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.