# HS code 3405.40: Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations

> HS code 3405.40 covers scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations. It sits in heading 34.05 (polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading 34.04) 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 34.05 are classified under 3405.10 (polishes, creams and similar preparations for footwear or leather), 3405.20 (polishes, creams and similar preparations for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other woodwork), 3405.30 (polishes and similar preparations for coachwork, other than metal polishes) or 3405.90 (other). National tariff lines under 3405.40 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country).

Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/340540
Last updated: 11 October 2026

[HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 34](https://border.bot/hs-codes/34) / [34.05](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3405) / [3405.40](https://border.bot/hs-codes/340540)

## Key facts

- HS code: 3405.40
- Covers: Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations
- Heading: [34.05: Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading 34.04](https://border.bot/hs-codes/3405)
- 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](https://border.bot/hs-codes/34)
- Edition: HS2022
- Duty in the United States: [See its 1 line](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/340540)

## What this code covers

HS code 3405.40 covers scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations.

The legal text of the subheading is “Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations”, in HS2022.

## What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of heading 34.05 are classified under 3405.10 (polishes, creams and similar preparations for footwear or leather), 3405.20 (polishes, creams and similar preparations for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other woodwork), 3405.30 (polishes and similar preparations for coachwork, other than metal polishes) or 3405.90 (other).

- [3405.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/340510) Polishes, creams and similar preparations for footwear or leather
- [3405.20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/340520) Polishes, creams and similar preparations for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other woodwork
- [3405.30](https://border.bot/hs-codes/340530) Polishes and similar preparations for coachwork, other than metal polishes
- [3405.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/340590) Other

## How it is structured

3405.40 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 34, are the chapter; the first four, 3405, are heading 34.05; the last two, 40, identify the subheading within the heading.

Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines.

- 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
- Heading 34.05: Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading 34.04
- Subheading 3405.40: Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations

## In other countries

National tariff lines under 3405.40 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country).

- [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/340540): 1 line, used by 1 other country

- Previous subheading: [3405.30](https://border.bot/hs-codes/340530) Polishes and similar preparations for coachwork, other than metal polishes
- Next subheading: [3405.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/340590) Other

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS code 3405.40 cover?

HS code 3405.40 covers scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations.

### Which heading and chapter is HS code 3405.40 in?

HS code 3405.40 is in heading 34.05 (polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading 34.04) 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).

### Where are goods of heading 34.05 classified when 3405.40 doesn’t fit?

Other goods of heading 34.05 are classified under 3405.10 (polishes, creams and similar preparations for footwear or leather), 3405.20 (polishes, creams and similar preparations for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other woodwork), 3405.30 (polishes and similar preparations for coachwork, other than metal polishes) or 3405.90 (other).

### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS code 3405.40?

National tariff lines under 3405.40 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country).

## Sources and updates

The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026.

This page was last updated on 11 October 2026.

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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