Section VI · Soap, waxes, polishing preparations, candles, modelling pastes

3401.11

For toilet use (including medicated products):

How this code is built
34

Chapter

Soap, waxes, polishing preparations, candles, modelling pastes

01

Heading

The product family within the chapter

11

Subheading

The specific good, identical worldwide

The first six digits are the same in every country that uses the Harmonized System. The United States adds two more for the tariff rate and, often, two more for statistics — which is why the rates below are listed against 8- and 10-digit numbers rather than against this code.

How the schedule reaches this code

  1. 34Soap, waxes, polishing preparations, candles, modelling pastes
  2. 3401Soap; 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:
  3. 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:
  4. For toilet use (including medicated products):

Published US duty rates

Duty is set at the 8- or 10-digit line, not at this 6-digit subheading, so more than one rate can sit under this code.

  • 3401.11.10.00Castile soapkg
    General
    Free
    Special (FTA)
    —

    No preferential rate published.

    Column 2
    15%

    Countries without normal trade relations.

  • 3401.11.50.00Otherkg
    General
    Free
    Special (FTA)
    —

    No preferential rate published.

    Column 2
    4.4¢/kg + 30%

    Countries without normal trade relations.

Schedule footnotes

  • See 9903.88.03.
  • See 9903.90.08.

A reference to Chapter 99 means an additional action — a Section 232 or 301 measure, an exclusion, or a quota — applies on top of the rate above.

This is the listed rate. Antidumping and countervailing duty orders, Chapter 99 actions and preference qualification all change what is actually collected, and classification is a judgement about your goods. Verify with your licensed customs broker before you file.

Other subheadings in heading 3401

Source: U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) — 2026 HTS Revision 12, released 2026-07-21, published at hts.usitc.gov. A U.S. Government work in the public domain.