Brazil NCM · 8-digit code

NCM 1401.90.00 – Other plaiting materials (reeds, rushes, raffia)

NCM 1401.90.00 (also written 14019000) is Brazil's code for other plaiting materials (reeds, rushes, raffia). Its first 6 digits are HS code 1401.90.

Official description of NCM 1401.90.00

PortuguêsOfficial
Outras
EnglishUnofficial translation

Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting; n.e.c. in heading no. 1401

Nomenclatura Comum do Mercosul (Siscomex). Updated Oct 2026 · In force since Apr 2022 (Res Gecex 272/2021).

How to read NCM 1401.90.00

14Chapter 01Heading 90Subheading

HS code 1401.90
Same in every country

0Item 0Subitem

Added by Mercosur
Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay

The first 6 digits are the international HS code, so their meaning is the same in every country; Brazil publishes the text in Portuguese. The last two digits are 00 because Brazil does not split this HS code further. The full 8-digit code is used on import declarations (DUIMP), invoices (NF-e) and tax filings.

Full classification path

  1. Chapter 14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included Matérias para entrançar e outros produtos de origem vegetal, não especificados nem compreendidos noutros Capítulos.
  2. Heading 14.01 Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting; (e.g. bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw and lime bark) Matérias vegetais das espécies principalmente utilizadas em cestaria ou espartaria (por exemplo, bambus, rotins, canas, juncos, vimes, ráfia, palha de cereais limpa, branqueada ou tingida, casca de tília).
  3. Subheading 1401.90 Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting; n.e.c. in heading no. 1401
  4. Subitem 1401.90.00 Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting; n.e.c. in heading no. 1401 Outras

Questions about NCM 1401.90.00

What is NCM 1401.90.00?

NCM 1401.90.00 (14019000) is the Brazilian (Mercosur) code for other plaiting materials (reeds, rushes, raffia). Its official Portuguese description is “Outras”.

What is the HS code for NCM 1401.90.00?

HS 1401.90 (Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting; n.e.c. in heading no. 1401). The first 6 digits of an NCM code are its international HS code; the last 2 digits are Brazil's own split.

Is an NCM code the same as an HS code?

The first 6 digits are the same in every country. NCM adds an item digit (7th) and a subitem digit (8th). A code ending in 00 means Brazil does not split that HS code further.

Which countries use NCM 1401.90.00?

All Mercosur members use the same NCM codes: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Source: Siscomex Classif NCM table, updated Oct 2026 (Resolução Gecex nº 926/2026). The Portuguese text is the official one; the English is our translation.