HS Code 7609Aluminium; tube or pipe fittings (e.g. couplings, elbows, sleeves)

What is HS code 7609 and how is it classified?

Customs offices around the world sort goods with the Harmonized System. It is a shared list of product codes. Each four-digit heading groups goods of one kind. Heading 7609 groups the parts you attach to a pipe or tube. The pipe itself goes somewhere else.

Three examples make the idea clear. A coupling joins two pipes end to end. An elbow turns a pipe line at an angle. A sleeve slides over a pipe end to join or cover it. Aluminium couplings, elbows and sleeves all sort here. So do other aluminium tube fittings of the same kind.

Some traders and countries write the same number as HSN code 7609. The number does not change. Only the name of the system does. For the wider list of aluminium goods, open the Chapter 76 page.

HS 760900 and longer national codes

Many countries add extra digits to the end of 760900 for their own tariff. This is why you may see the product searched as an eight-digit number. The first six digits stay the same. The last digits depend on the country, so we do not list them here.

Import duty is set by the national tariff line, not by the six-digit code alone. This page gives no duty rates. Check the tariff of the country you ship to before you quote a price.

If you are not sure your product fits, try the HS code classifier. You can test a product description there and see which code it points to.

HS 7609 vs 7608, 7616 and other aluminium headings

A wrong code can mean delays and extra checks at the border. It also changes the paperwork and the tariff. These neighbouring headings are the ones most often mixed up with 7609:

• 7608 is for the pipe or tube itself. Pick it when you ship lengths of aluminium tubing. Pick 7609 for the part that connects or ends that tubing.
• 7610 is for aluminium structures and their parts, such as bridge sections, towers and lattice masts. It also takes plates, rods, profiles and tubes made for structures.
• 7616 is the catch-all for aluminium articles named nowhere else in Chapter 76. If a fitting has its own heading, check that heading first.
• 7604 is for bars, rods and profiles. These are plain lengths of metal, not finished fittings.

Find importers and exporters of aluminium pipe fittings

Buyers of these parts are often pipe makers, plumbing wholesalers and building contractors. Suppliers are the factories and traders that ship them. A customs record links the two sides of each deal.

To read the live records for 7609, search the code on the import data or export data pages. For named companies, go to buyer data or supplier data. This page shows no trade totals, because the live records are the place to read them. Here is what EximDataX offers for this heading:

• EximDataX shows shipment-level import and export records from official customs sources.
• Coverage: 43 direct customs feeds plus 184 mirror-derived countries.
• Named buyers and named suppliers are available in 38 of the 43 direct markets.
• Most markets refresh weekly and some refresh daily.
• You can search by HS code to see who imports and exports a product, and book a free demo.