Polishes, creams, scouring pastes, powders and similar; in any form, (including articles impregnated, coated or covered with such), for furniture, footwear, floors, coachwork, glass or metal
HS heading 34.05 covers Polishes, creams, scouring pastes, powders and similar; in any form, (including articles impregnated, coated or covered with such), for furniture, footwear, floors, coachwork, glass or metal. Within Chapter 34 it splits into 5 six-digit subheadings, each carrying its own customs duty line.
- India exports 2024
- $10.1M
- Share of Chapter 34
- 1%
- Rank in its chapter
- #6 of 7
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
HS 34.05 covers Polishes, creams, scouring pastes, powders and similar; in any form, (including articles impregnated, coated or covered with such), for furniture, footwear, floors, coachwork, glass or metal. At the six-digit line it breaks down further — starting with polishes, creams and similar preparations — into 5 duty lines shown below. India exports toilet and laundry soaps, surfactants, candles and polishing preparations to regional and Western markets. India exported $10.1M under this code worldwide in 2024, about 1% of all Chapter 34 exports, ranking #6 of 7 lines in its chapter (UN Comtrade).
How to read this code
34.05 is the four-digit HS heading for polishes, creams, scouring pastes, powders and sim. To clear customs your destination country extends it to a full 8–10 digit code and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty on many chemicals & allied industries lines — check our import guides for your market.
Subheadings under HS 34.05
The Harmonised System breaks Polishes, creams, scouring pastes, powders and similar; in any form, (including articles impregnated, coated or covered with such), for furniture, footwear, floors, coachwork, glass or metal into these 5 subheadings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Polishes, creams and similar preparations; for footwear or leather, excluding waxes of heading no. 3404
Polishes, creams and similar preparations; for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other woodwork, excluding waxes of heading no. 3404
Polishes, creams and similar preparations; for coachwork, other than metal polishes, excluding waxes of heading no. 3404
Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations; (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics, cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered)
Polishes, creams and similar preparations; n.e.c. in heading no. 3405, excluding waxes of heading no. 3404
Top destinations for Chapter 34 exports
India's largest buyers of goods in this HS chapter in 2024, ranked by export value.
Chapter-level destination mix — your specific HS line may skew differently. Source: UN Comtrade, 2024.
More codes in Soap, organic surface-active agents; washing, lubricating, polishing or scouring preparations; artificial or prepared waxes, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster
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