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HS code for Scented candle in glass jar
HS 2022Destination USConfidence 0.85Candles, tapers and the like
Section VI: Products of the chemical or allied industries · 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 3406: Candles, tapers and the like
Why this code
The product is a finished scented candle, and heading 3406 covers candles, tapers and the like. Heading 3307 covers odoriferous preparations operating by burning, but the candle's essential character is its wax body, which burns to give light, so 3406 is the more specific fit. The glass jar is the container for the wax. Under GRI 5 a container presented with the goods follows the goods, and under GRI 3(b) the wax candle gives the whole its essential character. The jar would only be classified separately under 7010 if sold as a separate reusable article, which is not indicated. Wax type and fragrance content do not change the heading.
Rules applied: GRI 1, GRI 3(b), GRI 5, Chapter 33 Note 4.
Alternatives considered
| Code | Description | Why not |
|---|---|---|
| 3307.41 | Pre-shave, shaving or aftershave preparations, personal deodorants, bath preparations, depilatories and other perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared room deodorisers, whether or not perfumed or having disinfectant properties > Preparations for perfuming or deodorising rooms, including odoriferous preparations used during religious rites > 'agarbatti' and other odoriferous preparations which operate by burning | Covers odoriferous preparations that operate by burning, such as incense or cones. A finished wax candle is a candle of heading 3406, which is more specific for this product. |
| 7010.90 | Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars of glass; stoppers, lids and other closures, of glass > Other | Applies to glass containers classified on their own. The jar is only the container for the wax and does not give the whole its essential character, so it follows the candle under GRI 5. |
| 2712.90 | Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured > Other | Covers mineral waxes such as paraffin in bulk. A finished candle is classified under 3406, not as the raw wax. |
Information that would confirm the code
- Is the glass jar sold together with the candle as one unit, or as a separate reusable article?
US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTSUS) line for US
Candles, tapers and the like
Confidence 0.85. Single declarable line under this subheading.
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