HS Code 7907Zinc; articles n.e.c. in chapter 79

What HS code 7907 covers

Chapter 79 is the zinc chapter. It deals with zinc and the things made from it.

In plain words, this heading holds other articles of zinc. Customs officers use it as a catch-all. If a zinc item is not named in a more specific heading, it lands here. The World Customs Organization (WCO) writes the nomenclature, and most countries build their own tariff on top of it.

You may also see the same heading called HSN code 7907 or HTS 7907. These are local names for the same four-digit Harmonized System heading. Countries may add extra digits of their own after the shared part, so always check the national tariff of the country you ship to.

What does articles n.e.c. in chapter 79 mean?

The short form n.e.c. stands for "not elsewhere classified". It marks a residual heading. A residual heading is the place for goods that do not fit any named heading nearby.

Those headings name specific forms of zinc, such as raw metal, scrap, powder, bars and sheets. Heading 7907 takes whatever is left over.

This matters for the order in which you classify. Never start at 7907. First check whether your goods match a named zinc heading. Only when none of them fits should you settle on 7907. If you are not sure, the HS code classifier can help you narrow it down.

Duty is not set by the heading alone. It depends on the tariff of the importing country at code 790700, so look up the rate for the market you ship to.

Difference between HS 7907 and 7905 zinc, and the other zinc headings

Heading 7905 covers zinc in flat form. Heading 7907 covers other articles that are not in that form or in any other named form. The two never overlap, because 7907 only applies when a named heading does not.

Here is how the neighbours in Chapter 79 are described:

• HS 7901: zinc, unwrought
• HS 7902: zinc waste and scrap
• HS 7903: zinc dust, powders and flakes
• HS 7904: zinc bars, rods, profiles and wire
• HS 7905: zinc plates, sheets, strip and foil

Find buyers and suppliers of zinc articles

A code tells you what a product is called. It does not tell you who trades it. That is where shipment records help.

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. For zinc articles, start with 790700 and then open the import data or export data pages. The buyer data and supplier data pages show the company side of the same trade.