Introduction
The New Zealand Harmonised System Classification 2007 (NZHSC) is based on the World Customs Organization’s (WCO) Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS). This version of the NZHSC takes effect on 1 January 2007 and replaces the 2002 version.
The HS is used by New Zealand and more than 190 other countries as a basis for their Customs tariffs and for the collection of international trade statistics. The WCO is responsible for the HS and revises the system at regular intervals to ensure that it reflects changes in technology and patterns of international trade. Attention is also given to social and environmental concerns.
The latest version of the HS is known as HS 2007. This is the third major revision of the HS since the system was adopted by the WCO Council in 1983 and implemented in 1988. Previous revisions were in 1996 and 2002.
An up–to–date trade commodity classification is essential for maintaining the relevance, accuracy and international comparability of New Zealand trade statistics. HS 2007 and resulting changes to the NZHSC will make this possible.
Structure
The international HS follows a hierarchical structure, comprising 21 sections, 98 chapters (2 digit), 1228 headings (4 digit), and 5,059 sub–headings (6 digit). This structure is further broken down into approximately 13,500 statistical keys (10 digit) for New Zealand's purposes.
NZHSC 2007 Manual
The following are downloadable PDF files:
Introductory pages – 419 KB
New Zealand Harmonised System Classification 2007 – 4082 KB
Alphabetical index – 400 KB
The following list contains information on each Chapter.
Section I - Live animals; animal products
01. Live animals (17 KB)
02. Meat and edible offal (43 KB)
03. Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (170 KB)
04. Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (30 KB)
05. Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (22 KB)
Section II - Vegetable products
06. Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (17 KB)
07. Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (44 KB)
08. Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (95 KB)
09. Coffee, tea, maté and spices (17 KB)
10. Cereals (8 KB)
11. Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (16 KB)
12. Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (96 KB)
13. Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (7 KB)
14. Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included (6 KB)
Section III - Animal or vegetable fats or oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
15. Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (46 KB)
Section IV - Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
16. Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (34 KB)
17. Sugars and sugar confectionery (15 KB)
18. Cocoa and cocoa preparations (11 KB)
19. Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products (25 KB)
20. Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (58 KB)
21. Miscellaneous edible preparations (22 KB)
22. Beverages, spirits and vinegar (67 KB)
23. Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder (21 KB)
24. Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (13 KB)
Section V - Mineral products
25. Salt; sulphur; earth and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (56 KB)
26. Ores, slag and ash (23 KB)
27. Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (44 KB)
Section VI - Products of the chemical or allied industries
28. Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes (82 KB)
29. Organic chemicals (228 KB)
30. Pharmaceutical products (37 KB)
31. Fertilisers (14 KB)
32. Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks (48 KB)
33. Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (90 KB)
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 (34 KB)
35. Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (15 KB)
36. Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (11 KB)
37. Photographic or cinematographic goods (37 KB)
38. Miscellaneous chemical products (102 KB)
Section VII - Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof
39. Plastics and articles thereof (165 KB)
40. Rubber and articles thereof (127 KB)
Section VIII - Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (except silk-worm gut)
41. Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (51 KB)
42. Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut) (23 KB)
43. Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof (17 KB)
Section IX - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork
44. Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (119 KB)
45. Cork and articles of cork (7 KB)
46. Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork (13 KB)
Section X - Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper of paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof
47. Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard (17 KB)
48. Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (141 KB)
49. Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (23 KB)
Section XI - Textiles and textile products
50. Silk (9 KB)
51. Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric (35 KB)
52. Cotton (144 KB)
53. Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn (19 KB)
54. Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials (121 KB)
55. Man-made staple fibres (145 KB)
56. Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (30 KB)
57. Carpets and other textile floor coverings (33 KB)
58. Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery (35 KB)
59. Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use (27 KB)
60. Knitted or crocheted fabrics (43 KB)
61. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (131 KB)
62. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (123 KB)
63. Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (40 KB)
Section XII - Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding–crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made thereof; article flowers; articles of human hair
64. Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (64 KB)
65. Headgear and parts thereof (13 KB)
66. Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof (6 KB)
67. Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair (8 KB)
Section XIII - Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware
68. Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (51 KB)
69. Ceramic products (36 KB)
70. Glass and glassware (64 KB)
Section XIV - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi–precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin
71. Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin (47 KB)
Section XV - Base metals and articles of base metal
72. Iron and steel (216 KB)
73. Articles of iron or steel (121 KB)
74. Copper and articles thereof (35 KB)
75. Nickel and articles thereof (10 KB)
76. Aluminium and articles thereof (37 KB)
77. Reserved for possible future use in the Harmonised System
78. Lead and articles thereof (6 KB)
79. Zinc and articles thereof (6 KB)
80. Tin and articles thereof (5 KB)
81. Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof (24 KB)
82. Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (47 KB)
83. Miscellaneous articles of base metal (32 KB)
Section XVI - Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
84. Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (398 KB)
85. Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (238 KB)
Section XVII - Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment
86. Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds (21 KB)
87. Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof (137 KB)
88. Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (12 KB)
89. Ships, boats and floating structures (20 KB)
Section XVIII - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof
90. Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (104 KB)
91. Clocks and watches and parts thereof (37 KB)
92. Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles (15 KB)
Section XIX - Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
93. Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (19 KB)
Section XX - Miscellaneous manufactured articles
94. Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings (94 KB)
95. Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (28 KB)
96. Miscellaneous manufactured articles (39 KB)
Section XXI - Works or art, collectors' pieces and antiques; miscellaneous New Zealand provisions; non-merchandise trade
97. Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques(8 KB)
98. New Zealand miscellaneous provisions (10 KB)
99. Non-merchandise trade (3 KB)
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