HTS Chapter 33: Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
HTS Chapter 33 covers Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations. Browse 6 published headings, then narrow to the active product line that matches the goods.
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Written to help non-specialists understand this page. Rates, dates, and legal facts come from the official records above and on the linked source.
HTS Chapter 33 generally covers essential oils, odoriferous mixtures used in industry or beverage manufacture, cosmetics and skin-care products, hair preparations, oral-hygiene products, shaving and deodorizing preparations, and other perfumery, cosmetic, or toilet preparations. It can include both retail products and certain ingredients or manufacturing inputs, depending on the product’s composition, presentation, and stated or actual use.
The HTS is organized from broad to specific: a chapter, then a four-digit heading, then a more detailed subheading, and finally the complete 10-digit statistical reporting number. Start by identifying the product’s ingredients or materials, physical form, packaging, and principal use. Then compare the product with the heading and subheading descriptions, review exclusions and legal notes, and confirm the complete code in the current HTS. Closely related products may classify differently based on whether they are finished retail preparations, raw materials, medicaments, disinfectants, or another specifically described product.
What to check
- Identify the product’s composition, concentration, physical form, packaging, and principal use; do not classify from the marketing name alone.
- Distinguish finished cosmetics and toilet preparations from medicaments, disinfectants, food or beverage ingredients, and industrial raw materials that may be excluded or classified elsewhere.
- Compare the product with every relevant heading and subheading, including provisions based on use, ingredient, formulation, or retail presentation.
- Check the legal notes, exclusion notes, unit of quantity, and statistical suffixes before selecting the complete 10-digit HTS number.
- Review current Chapter 99 provisions and other applicable trade measures separately; additional duties or reporting requirements may depend on origin, product facts, and the entry date.
How to use this chapter
A chapter is the first classification level, not a duty rate. Choose the heading that describes the product, narrow by material, construction, use, or other legal distinctions, and verify the final line against the official HTS notes.
Heading list
| HTS code | Description | Linked 8-digit entries |
|---|---|---|
| 3301 | Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by products of the deterpenation of essential oils; aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils: | 1 |
| 3302 | Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages: | 0 |
| 3304 | Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), including sunscreen or sun tan preparations; manicure or pedicure preparations: | 0 |
| 3305 | Preparations for use on the hair: | 0 |
| 3306 | Preparations for oral or dental hygiene, including denture fixative pastes and powders; yarn used to clean between the teeth (dental floss), in individual retail packages: | 0 |
| 3307 | Pre-shave, shaving or after-shave preparations, personal deodorants, bath preparations, depilatories and other perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared room deodorizers, whether or not perfumed or having disinfectant properties: | 0 |
Linked measures
0 linked measure entries in the current snapshot.
Questions about HTS Chapter 33
What does HTS Chapter 33 cover?
HTS Chapter 33 covers Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations. This page groups the chapter’s 4-digit headings; a shipment still needs the most specific active 8- or 10-digit line supported by the product facts.
Is HTS Chapter 33 a final product classification?
No. A chapter is a broad 2-digit category. Narrow it to the applicable heading and the most specific active statistical line before estimating duty or filing an entry.