45.02 Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks, plates, sheets or strip, (including sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers)
One level above the number you declare. Pick one of the six-digit codes below.
Section IX, Wood & Wood Products — wood, charcoal, cork and articles of straw or basketware.
- 45 Chapter Cork and articles of cork
- 02 Heading Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks, plates, sheets or strip, (including sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers)
- —— Subheading Pick one of the 1 six-digit codes below
Chapter 45 covers cork and articles of cork: natural cork, agglomerated cork, and finished cork products like stoppers and flooring tiles. Classification tip: Natural cork stoppers and agglomerated (composite) cork stoppers sit on different subheadings, so check whether the product is solid natural cork or a manufactured cork composite before classifying.
All of chapter 45The 1 six-digit code under 45.02
One of these is the number you declare.
Other headings in chapter 45
The wording above is the Harmonized System nomenclature as published by the World Customs Organization, HS 2022 edition. It is a classification reference, not a tariff: it carries no duty rates, and it stops at six digits — the importing country adds its own beyond that.
Classification is decided by the General Rules of Interpretation and the section and chapter notes, and it is the importing country’s customs authority that makes it binding.
Shipping goods under 45.02? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment45.02 FAQ
Heading 45.02 covers natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks, plates, sheets or strip, (including sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers). It is part of chapter 45 (cork and articles of cork), and it is subdivided into 1 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.
Pick one of the 1 subheadings below. Those six digits are what customs recognises internationally; the importing country may extend them to eight or ten in its own tariff schedule.
The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section IX and to chapter 45. A description that reads right is not enough on its own — the notes routinely pull goods out of the chapter they obviously belong to and put them somewhere else. Where duty or licensing turns on the answer, ask the importing country’s customs authority for a binding ruling.
A wrong or missing code is one of the common reasons customs holds a container, and a hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving. Watch for it in the container tracking app, on the air waybill in the air cargo tracker, or through the tracking API.