Brazil NCM · 8-digit code

NCM 3405.40.00 – Scouring pastes, powders and preparations

NCM 3405.40.00 (also written 34054000) is Brazil's code for scouring pastes, powders and preparations. Its first 6 digits are HS code 3405.40.

Official description of NCM 3405.40.00

PortuguêsOfficial
Pastas, pós e outras preparações para arear
EnglishUnofficial translation

Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations; (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics, cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered)

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

How to read NCM 3405.40.00

34Chapter 05Heading 40Subheading

HS code 3405.40
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 34 Soap, organic surface-active agents; washing, lubricating, polishing or scouring preparations; artificial or prepared waxes, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster Sabões, agentes orgânicos de superfície, preparações para lavagem, preparações lubrificantes, ceras artificiais, ceras preparadas, produtos de conservação e limpeza, velas e artigos semelhantes, massas ou pastas para modelar, "ceras para odontologia" e composições para odontologia à base de gesso.
  2. Heading 34.05 Polishes, creams, scouring pastes, powders and similar; in any form, (including articles impregnated, coated or covered with such), for furniture, footwear, floors, coachwork, glass or metal Pomadas e cremes para calçado, encáusticas, preparações para dar brilho a pinturas de carroçarias, vidros ou metais, pastas e pós para arear e preparações semelhantes (mesmo apresentados em papel, pastas (ouates), feltros, falsos tecidos (tecidos não tecidos), plástico alveolar ou borracha alveolar, impregnados, revestidos ou recobertos daquelas preparações), com exclusão das ceras da posição 34.04.
  3. Subheading 3405.40 Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations; (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics, cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered)
  4. Subitem 3405.40.00 Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations; (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics, cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered) Pastas, pós e outras preparações para arear

Questions about NCM 3405.40.00

What is NCM 3405.40.00?

NCM 3405.40.00 (34054000) is the Brazilian (Mercosur) code for scouring pastes, powders and preparations. Its official Portuguese description is “Pastas, pós e outras preparações para arear”.

What is the HS code for NCM 3405.40.00?

HS 3405.40 (Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations; (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics, cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered)). 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 3405.40.00?

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.