Combined Nomenclature CN
The Combined Nomenclature is the common nomenclature of the European Union. The 8-digit sub-headings in the nomenclature are used in export declarations and in statistical declarations on internal trade. There are changes to the nomenclature every year and the nomenclature that will come into force in the beginning of the following year is published yearly in the Official Journal of the European Union, by the end of October at the latest. Annual changes will be updated on the website as soon as they are available.
CN 2025 published in the Official Journal of the European Union 31st of October 2024:
CN 2024 in PDF format (Source: Official Journal of the European Union)
Live animals; Animal products
Vegetable products
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; Prepared edible fats; Animal or vegetable waxes
Prepared foodstuffs; Beverages, spirits and vinegar; Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
Mineral products
Products of the chemical or allied industries
Plastics and articles thereof; Rubber and articles thereof
Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; Saddlery and harness; Travel goods, handbags and similar containers; Articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)
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
Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; Recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard; Paper and paperboard and articles thereof
Textiles and textile articles
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
Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; Ceramic products; Glass and glassware
Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; Imitation jewellery; Coin
Base metals and articles of base metal
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
Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment
Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; Clocks and watches; Musical instruments; Parts and accessories thereof
Arms and ammunition; Parts and accessories thereof
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques