HS Code Detail
330590 Chapter 33 · Cosmetics Hair products, other
Six-digit subheading in Cosmetics, chapter 33 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 6 destination markets.
Anatomy of 330590
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 330590: 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: 330590 into Canada
An illustrative consignment of 330590 invoiced at CAD 2,000.00, priced in CAD because a threshold is set in the destination's currency and nothing here is converted.
| Goods value on the invoice | CAD 2,000.00 |
| International freight | CAD 120.00 |
| Cargo insurance | CAD 30.00 |
| Value the duty is charged on, FOB basis | CAD 2,000.00 |
| Duty at 6.5% | CAD 130.00 |
| Canada tax at 5%, charged on the value plus the duty | CAD 106.50 |
| Total, before commercial charges | CAD 2,386.50 |
And if the consignment were small
Canada relieves customs duties and taxes on consignments at or under CAD 20. The 330590 shipment above is over that, so its duty is charged in full. The same code invoiced at exactly CAD 20 with no freight would be charged CAD 0.00 of duty and CAD 0.00 of tax, a total of CAD 20.00. The rate on the 330590 row has not changed; only the charge is relieved.
Selling rather than buying? CAD 2,386.50 is what your buyer in Canada pays to take delivery of this consignment, yours to pay if you quote DDP and theirs if you quote DAP: Exporting to Canada 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 330590 on your own numbers in the duty calculator.
How these rates were verified
Rates last verified 7 September 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.
- 🇺🇸US
- HTS General for 330590 US, read on 2026-09-07 from https://hts.usitc.gov/search?query=3305.90 and again on 2026-09-07 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: 3305.90.00.00 Free
- 🇬🇧GB
- Third country duty for 330590 GB, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/commodities/3305900000 and again on 2026-09-07 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: 3305900000 0.00 %
- 🇨🇦CA
- MFN for 330590 CA, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/html/00/ch33-eng.html and again on 2026-09-07 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: 3305.90.00 6.5%
- 🇦🇺AU
- MFN for 330590 AU, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/tariff-classification/current-tariff/schedule-3/section-vi/chapter-33 and again on 2026-09-07 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: 3305.90.00 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 330590 DE, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/xi/commodities/3305900000 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/results?product=330590&origin=CN&destination=DE. Both returned 0%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 3305900000 0.00 %
Re-check first: This is the residual hair preparations line, so anything that is a shampoo belongs at 330510 instead. The United States charges nothing on either, which makes the split a labelling question rather than a cost one.
What falls under 330590
- Preparations for use on the hair, other than shampoos, permanent waving preparations and hair lacquers
- Conditioners, hair masks, oils, serums, styling creams, gels and hair dyes put up for retail sale
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
330510: Shampoos
Heading 3305 names shampoos separately, so a two in one shampoo and conditioner is argued on principal function and usually stays a shampoo, while a conditioner sold alone is 3305.90. A dry shampoo, which cleans without water, is the harder case and is generally treated as a shampoo.
330499: Scalp treatments sold as skin care
The scalp is skin, so a product marketed as a scalp treatment rather than a hair preparation can be argued into 3304. What decides it is whether the preparation acts on the hair or on the skin beneath it, and the labelling usually settles it.
Classification & cost note
Heading 3305 is organised by naming three specific product types and sweeping everything else into this residual subheading, which is why it holds the largest and most varied part of the hair care market. Two boundaries matter. Against shampoos, the test is whether the preparation cleanses, and a combined product is decided on principal function. Against skin care, the test is whether the preparation acts on the hair or on the scalp, which is genuinely argued for anti dandruff and scalp health products. Hair colourants carry the heaviest regulatory load in this subheading: oxidative dyes are subject to concentration limits and mandatory warnings in most markets, and some ingredients permitted in professional salon products are prohibited in retail ones, so the same formula can be lawful in one channel and not the other.
Typical products: Rinse out and leave in conditioners · Deep conditioning hair masks · Styling gels, waxes and pomades · Hair oils and finishing serums · Retail hair colourants and toners · Heat protection sprays
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
330590 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 330590
Is a two in one shampoo and conditioner a shampoo?
Generally yes. Heading 3305 names shampoos specifically, and a combined product is classified on principal function, which is normally cleansing. A conditioner sold on its own falls to the residual subheading.
Where does a scalp treatment belong?
It depends on whether it acts on the hair or on the skin of the scalp. A preparation working on the scalp itself can be a skin care preparation of heading 3304, and the labelling and claims are the practical evidence.
Are professional and retail hair colours classified alike?
Yes, both are hair preparations here. They are not regulated alike: some ingredients permitted in professional salon use are prohibited in retail products, so the channel affects market access rather than the code.
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