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What is a customs tariff number?
All goods are recorded in the customs tariff exactly as described and assigned a customs tariff number.
In the export declaration, this number is 8 digits. In an import declaration, this number is always 11 digits.
The customs tariff number, also known as the “commodity number”, is used to uniquely identify and classify goods for customs purposes and statistics. It is the barcode of your goods behind which, in addition to the exact description of the goods, information such as tariff quotas, anti-dumping regulations, tariff suspensions, prohibitions and restrictions and the encryption of import VAT rates can be hidden. The customs tariff number is always structured in the same way.
Since 1988, the first six digits of the customs tariff code numbers have been regulated worldwide by the World Customs Organization (WCO) in the form of the HS nomenclature, i.e. the structure of the customs tariff is identical in almost all countries involved in world trade with regard to the first six digits. In Europe, agreement has been reached on an EU-wide eight-digit commodity nomenclature for foreign trade within the framework of the Common Commercial Policy. This is known as the Combined Nomenclature (CN). The numbers of the combined nomenclature (i.e. the first 8 digits) are valid within the European Union. They are based on the first 6 digits from the HS nomenclature and the 7-8 digits that the EU assigns.
The ten-digit code (9-10 digits) encodes EU Community measures that are not encoded in the eight-digit code of the combined nomenclature
The 11th digit is the code for national measures such as prohibitions and restrictions, encryption of import VAT rates and the like.
You can classify your goods yourself on the following website:
