HS Code Detail
330510 Chapter 33 · Cosmetics Shampoos
Six-digit subheading in Cosmetics, chapter 33 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 6 destination markets.
Anatomy of 330510
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 330510: ten digits in the United States and the United Kingdom, eight in the European Union, and the first six the same everywhere. Which trailing digits apply is what the 6 rates below differ on.
What this code covers
Import duty by country
MFN duty rate · 6 countries| Country | Duty | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺Australia | 5% | 10% |
| 🇨🇦Canada | 6.5% | 5% |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 0% | 19% |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | 0% | 23% |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 0% | 20% |
| 🇺🇸United States | 0% | 0% |
Rates shown are MFN (Most Favoured Nation), the default for WTO members. Preferential FTA rates may be lower with valid proof of origin. Section 301 / anti-dumping surcharges on Chinese-origin goods are not included.
What that costs: 330510 into Australia
An illustrative consignment of 330510 invoiced at AUD 2,000.00, priced in AUD because a threshold is set in the destination's currency and nothing here is converted.
| Goods value on the invoice | AUD 2,000.00 |
| International freight | AUD 120.00 |
| Cargo insurance | AUD 30.00 |
| Value the duty is charged on, FOB basis | AUD 2,000.00 |
| Duty at 5% | AUD 100.00 |
| Australia tax at 10%, charged on the value plus the duty | AUD 225.00 |
| Total, before commercial charges | AUD 2,475.00 |
And if the consignment were small
Australia relieves customs duty, GST and the Import Processing Charge on consignments at or under AUD 1,000. The 330510 shipment above is over that, so its duty is charged in full. The same code invoiced at exactly AUD 1,000 with no freight would be charged AUD 0.00 of duty and AUD 0.00 of tax, a total of AUD 1,000.00. The rate on the 330510 row has not changed; only the charge is relieved. The tax is not simply absent at that value: Australia collects it on the sale instead of at the border, so an overseas seller or marketplace above the registration threshold charges it at checkout. What the relief removes is the charge on arrival, not the tax.
Selling rather than buying? AUD 2,475.00 is what your buyer in Australia pays to take delivery of this consignment, yours to pay if you quote DDP and theirs if you quote DAP: Exporting to Australia sets out who collects it and what your invoice has to say.
An illustration, not a quotation: broker fees, handling and any trade remedy on the origin sit outside it. Price 330510 on your own numbers in the duty calculator.
How these rates were verified
Rates last verified 31 August 2026Every figure in the table above was read from the official tariff database of the market that charges it, on the date shown. Nothing here is copied from another aggregator.
- 🇦🇺AU
- MFN for 330510 AU, read on 2026-09-01 from https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/tariff-classification/current-tariff/schedule-3/section-vi/chapter-33 and again on 2026-09-01 from https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A04997/latest/text. Both returned 5%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 3305.10.00 5%
- 🇨🇦CA
- MFN for 330510 CA, read on 2026-08-31 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/html/00/ch33-eng.html and again on 2026-09-01 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/menu-eng.html. Both returned 6.5%. The Canada Border Services Agency is the only body that publishes this schedule. The Department of Justice publishes the Act and refers readers to the Agency for the schedule itself, so both readings are the Agency's, taken from two different products. Retrieved text: 3305.10.00 6.5%
- 🇩🇪DE 🇵🇹PT
- One reading covers DE and PT, which are priced from the same schedule: Third country duty (EU, via NI Online Tariff) for 330510 DE, read on 2026-08-31 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/xi/commodities/3305100000 and again on 2026-09-01 from https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/results?product=330510&origin=CN&destination=DE. Both returned 0%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 3305100000 0.00 %
- 🇬🇧GB
- Third country duty for 330510 GB, read on 2026-08-31 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/commodities/3305100000 and again on 2026-09-01 from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reference-document-for-the-customs-tariff-establishment-eu-exit-regulations-2020. Both returned 0%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 3305100000 0.00 %
- 🇺🇸US
- HTS General for 330510 US, read on 2026-08-31 from https://hts.usitc.gov/search?query=3305.10 and again on 2026-09-01 from https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=33&to=34&format=CSV&styles=false. Both returned 0%. The United States International Trade Commission is the only body that publishes this schedule. The second reading was taken in a different format to check the reading, not to corroborate the schedule, because there is no second schedule to corroborate it against. Retrieved text: 3305.10.00.00 Free
Re-check first: Shampoo is free into the EU, UK and US and dutiable into Canada and Australia, so confirm the destination before assuming the zero rate travels. Cosmetic notification requirements apply whatever the rate.
What falls under 330510
- Shampoos of every kind, including medicated and anti-dandruff formulations sold as cosmetics
- Solid shampoo bars and concentrated shampoo refills
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
330590: Conditioner
A two-in-one shampoo and conditioner stays in 3305.10 because cleaning remains the principal function. A stand-alone conditioner, mask or leave-in treatment is 3305.90, and shipping a bundled set of both means either splitting the entry or applying General Rule 3 to the set.
340130: Soap and body wash
The dividing line is what the product is made of as much as where it is used. Preparations based on soap belong in Chapter 34, while surfactant-based hair cleansers stay in 3305, which is why solid shampoo bars need a closer look than their shape suggests.
Classification & cost note
Solid shampoo bars are the live question in this subheading. They look like soap and are often manufactured on soap equipment, but where the cleaning action comes from synthetic surfactants rather than from true soap, the correct home is 3305.10 rather than Chapter 34. Get it wrong into Canada or Australia and the rate moves. The second thing worth knowing is that a medicated anti-dandruff shampoo can cross into 3004 if it is presented as a treatment for a diagnosed scalp condition, exactly as skin creams do.
Typical products: Bottled liquid shampoo, retail sizes · Anti-dandruff shampoo sold as a cosmetic · Solid shampoo bars · Salon-size shampoo in 5 litre containers
What the notes to section VI say
Chapter 33 sits in section VI, products of the chemical or allied industries, where a section note governs every chapter in the section and applies before the heading notes below; the 4 reaching chapter 33 are quoted whole on the chapter 33 page, read from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/sections/6 on 2026-09-08, and this is the one that names heading 3305 by number.
Note 2 to section VI
Subject to Note 1 above, goods classifiable in heading 3004, 3005, 3006, 3212, 3303, 3304, 3305, 3306, 3307, 3506, 3707 or 3808 by reason of being put up in measured doses or for retail sale are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of the nomenclature.
What the nomenclature says about heading 3305
330510 is a subheading of 3305, preparations for use on the hair , and this site holds one other code under the same heading, which every rule below governs equally.
One numbered note to chapter 33 takes heading 3305 as its own subject, and it is quoted below in full, as published.
Note 3 to chapter 33
Headings 3303 to 3307 apply, inter alia, to products, whether or not mixed (other than aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils), suitable for use as goods of these headings and put up in packings of a kind sold by retail for such use.
Read from the notes to chapter 33 published in the UK Trade Tariff by HM Revenue and Customs, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/chapters/33, with the heading title from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/headings/3305, on 2026-09-07, with the whole layer and the reason a heading note is a chapter note set out on the chapter 33 page. These notes are part of the international text of the Harmonized System, so the rule is the same whichever destination a shipment is going to, and it decides classification and never a rate.
Questions about 330510
Is a solid shampoo bar classified as soap?
Usually not. If it cleans by means of synthetic surfactants rather than true soap it remains a shampoo under 3305.10, even though it is shaped and sold like a bar of soap.
Does a two-in-one shampoo and conditioner change the code?
No. Cleaning is the principal function, so it stays in 3305.10. A separate conditioner or treatment is 3305.90.
Is there import duty on shampoo?
Zero in the EU, UK and US. Canada applies 6.5% and Australia 5%, so budget for duty on those two even though the major markets are free.
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