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  "summary": "HS code 3401.11 covers soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products). It sits in heading 34.01 (soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded 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) in chapter 34 (soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, “dental waxes” and dental preparations with a basis of plaster). Other goods of heading 34.01 are classified under 3401.19 (soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, other), 3401.20 (soap in other forms) and 3401.30 (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). National tariff lines under 3401.11 are live on border.bot for the United States (2 lines, also used by 1 other country).",
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      "question": "What does HS code 3401.11 cover?",
      "answer": "HS code 3401.11 covers soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products)."
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      "question": "Which heading and chapter is HS code 3401.11 in?",
      "answer": "HS code 3401.11 is in heading 34.01 (soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded 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) in chapter 34 (soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, “dental waxes” and dental preparations with a basis of plaster)."
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      "question": "Where are goods of heading 34.01 classified when 3401.11 doesn’t fit?",
      "answer": "Other goods of heading 34.01 are classified under 3401.19 (soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, other), 3401.20 (soap in other forms) and 3401.30 (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)."
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      "question": "Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS code 3401.11?",
      "answer": "National tariff lines under 3401.11 are live on border.bot for the United States (2 lines, also used by 1 other country)."
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        "HS code 3401.11 covers soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products).",
        "The legal text of the subheading is “Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent: For toilet use (including medicated products)”, read under “Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent”, in HS2022."
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      "text": [
        "3401.11 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 34, are the chapter; the first four, 3401, are heading 34.01; the last two, 11, identify the subheading within the heading.",
        "Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines."
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        "Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling."
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