94 Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
The broadest level of the Harmonized System. Pick the heading below that fits your goods, then the six-digit code under it — that last one is what you declare.
Section XX, Miscellaneous Manufactures — furniture, lighting, toys, games, sports equipment and other manufactured articles.
- 94 Chapter Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
- —— Heading Pick one of the 6 headings below
- —— Subheading Six digits, the level every country shares
Chapter 94 covers furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings: household and commercial furnishings plus modular/prefab structures. Classification tip: Furniture is classified by intended room/use (office, kitchen, bedroom) as well as material, and upholstered furniture stuffed with untreated raw materials can trigger fumigation requirements similar to wood packaging.
6 headings in chapter 94
Four-digit groups. Pick the one that fits, then the six-digit code inside it.
- 94.01 Seats (not those of heading no. 9402), whether or not convertible into beds and parts thereof 16 codes
- 94.02 Furniture; medical, surgical, dental or veterinary (e.g. operating tables, hospital beds, dentists' chairs) barbers' chairs; parts 2 codes
- 94.03 Furniture and parts thereof, n.e.c. in chapter 94 12 codes
- 94.04 Mattress supports; articles of bedding (e.g. mattresses, quilts, eiderdowns, cushions pouffes and pillows), fitted with springs or stuffed, whether or not covered 6 codes
- 94.05 Luminaires and light fittings; including searchlights, spotlights and parts thereof, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, name-plates and the like, having permanently fixed light source and parts thereof n.e.c. or included 15 codes
- 94.06 Buildings; prefabricated 3 codes
Other chapters in Section XX
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 from chapter 94? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipmentChapter 94 FAQ
Chapter 94 covers furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings: household and commercial furnishings plus modular/prefab structures. Classification tip: Furniture is classified by intended room/use (office, kitchen, bedroom) as well as material, and upholstered furniture stuffed with untreated raw materials can trigger fumigation requirements similar to wood packaging.
Pick the heading below that describes the goods, then the six-digit subheading under it. Six digits is the level the Harmonized System defines and the level customs everywhere recognises; anything beyond that is added by the importing country.
The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section XX and to chapter 94. 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.