Introduction to January 2006 Issue
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Introduction and explanatory notes
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1.1 Purpose of the AHECC
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1.2 General rules for the interpretation of the Harmonized System
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1.3 Classifying goods to the AHECC
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1.4 Chapter 98 and 99 of the AHECC
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1.5 Instructions for completing an export entry
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1.6 Reporting Requirements
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1.7 Confidentiality of trade statistics
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1.8 Requests for changes to statistical code
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1.9 Availability of trade statistics
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1.10 Contact officers
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Summary of classification, codes and abbreviations
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2.1 Summary of classification
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2.2 Units of quantity
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2.3 Abbreviations
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2.4 Invoice currency codes
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2.5: Australian port codes
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2.5 Countries of final destination and alphabetic codes
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Key of changes
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Index of commodities
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Detailed export commodity classification
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Section 1: Live animals; Animal products
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Section notes
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Chapter 01: Live animals
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Chapter 02: Meat and edible meat offal
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Chapter 03: Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
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Chapter 04: Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, n.e.s.
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Chapter 05: Products of animal origin, n.e.s.
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Section 2: Vegetable products
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Section notes
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Chapter 06: Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
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Chapter 07: Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
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Chapter 08: Edible fruit and nuts; peel or citrus fruit or melons
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Chapter 09: Coffee, tea, mate and spices
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Chapter 10: Cereals
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Chapter 11: Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
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Chapter 12: Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains; seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
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Chapter 13: Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
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Chapter 14: Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products n.e.s.
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Section 3: Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegatables waxes
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Chapter 15: Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetables waxes
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Section 4: Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitute
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Section notes
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Chapter 16: Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
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Chapter 17: Sugars and sugar confectionery
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Chapter 18: Cocoa and cocoa preparations
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Chapter 19: Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products
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Chapter 20: Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
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Chapter 21: Miscellaneous edible preparations
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Chapter 22: Beverages, spirits and vinegar
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Chapter 23: Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder
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Chapter 24: Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
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Section 5: Mineral products
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Section notes
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Chapter 25: Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
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Chapter 26: Ores, slag and ash
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Chapter 27: Mineral fuels; mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
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Section 6: Products of the chemical or allied industries
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Section notes
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Chapter 28: Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
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Chapter 29: Organic chemicals
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Chapter 30: Pharmaceutical products
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Chapter 31: Fertilisers
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Chapter 32: Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks
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Chapter 33: Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
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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"
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Chapter 35: Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes
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Chapter 36: Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
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Chapter 37: Photographic or cinematographic goods
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Chapter 38: Miscellaneous chemical products
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Section 7: Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof
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Section notes
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Chapter 39: Plastics and articles thereof
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Chapter 40: Rubber and articles thereof
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Section 8: Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
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Chapter 41: Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
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Chapter 42: Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
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Chapter 43: Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof
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Section 9: 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
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Chapter 44: Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
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Chapter 45: Cork and articles of cork
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Chapter 46: Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork
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Section 10: Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper of paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof
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Chapter 47: Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper of paperboard
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Chapter 48: Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
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Chapter 49: Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts typescripts and plans
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Section 11: Textiles and textile articles
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Section notes
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Chapter 50: Silk
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Chapter 51: Wool, fine or coarse animal hair, horsehair yarn and woven fabric
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Chapter 52: Cotton
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Chapter 53: Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn
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Chapter 54: Man-made filament
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Chapter 55: Man-made staple fibres
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Chapter 56: Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof
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Chapter 57: Carpets and other textile floor coverings
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Chapter 58: Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery
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Chapter 59: Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use
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Chapter 60: Knitted or crocheted fabrics
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Chapter 61: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
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Chapter 62: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
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Chapter 63: Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
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Section 12: Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair
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Chapter 64: Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles
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Chapter 65: Headgear and parts thereof
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Chapter 66: Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof
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Chapter 67: Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair
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Section 13: Articles of stone; plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware
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Chapter 68: Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials
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Chapter 69: Ceramic products
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Chapter 70: Glass and glassware
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Section 14: Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin
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Chapter 71: Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin
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Section 15: Base metals and articles of base metal
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Section notes
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Chapter 72: Iron and steel
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Chapter 73: Articles of iron and steel
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Chapter 74: Copper and articles thereof
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Chapter 75: Nickel and articles thereof
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Chapter 76: Aluminium and articles thereof
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Chapter 78: Lead and articles thereof
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Chapter 79: Zinc and articles thereof
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Chapter 80: Tin and articles thereof
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Chapter 81: Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof
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Chapter 82: Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
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Chapter 83: Miscellaneous articles of base metals
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Section 16: Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproucers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
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Section notes
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Chapter 84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
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Chapter 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
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Section 17: Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipments
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Section notes
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Chapter 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
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Chapter 87: Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof
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Chapter 88: Aircraft, spacecraft and parts thereof
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Chapter 89: Ships, boats and floating structures
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Section 18: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatues; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof
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Chapter 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
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Chapter 91: Clocks and watches and parts thereof
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Chapter 92: Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
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Section 19: Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
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Chapter 93: Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
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Section 20: Miscellaneous manufactured articles
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Chapter 94: Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.s., illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
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Chapter 95: Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
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Chapter 96: Miscellaneous manufactured articles
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Section 21: Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques
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Chapter 97: Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques
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Chapter 98: Special transactions and commodities not classified according to kind
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Chapter 99: Commodities and transactions not included in merchandise trade
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How to use this web version of the classification
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Previous issues of the Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification (AHECC)
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