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Examples?
I suppose there is a code for every different sort of thing that people trade? It's only half-way clear at most. This article severely needs some examples. Do restricted items get codes? What about closely related items? I suggest listing the codes for:

-- "restricted items" I presume to mean goods whose importation is prohibited or restricted in some way? If so, yes, most such goods are still classifiable in the HS system. It's illegal to import pigs into Pakistan, for example, but live pigs are still classifiable in chapter 1, dead pigs in chapter 2, and highly processed canned pig products in chapter 16. -- Also, quantity and packaging are, for the most part, beside the point. Goods are classified on their "essential character."

-- 0704.10 [Cauliflower and headed broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)] -- 0710.80 [Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen/Other vegetables] -- If fresh or chilled, 0704.10; if frozen, 0710.80.
 * fresh broccoli
 * frozen broccoli
 * bags of broccoli florets

220210 220210 220210 -- 2106.90 [Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included/Other]
 * 7-UP in boxes of 2-liter bottles
 * Sprite in boxes of 2-liter bottles
 * Sprite in boxes of 6-packs
 * Sprite syrup in bulk

880220 OR 880230 depending on weight 871000
 * F-16 fighter planes
 * T-72 tanks

-- 2939.91 [Cocaine, ecgonine, levometamfetamine, metamfetamine (INN), metamfetamine racemate; salts, esters and other derivatives thereof] -- 1302.11 [Opium] -- 1207.91 [Poppy seeds] -- 1207.91 [Poppy seeds]
 * cocaine
 * opium
 * opium poppy seeds
 * non-opium poppy seeds

010611 -- Very funny. (0106.11 is "primates.") The Harmonized System exists to classify goods for legal commercial trade; the slave trade is not legal anywhere; therefore, there is no heading for slaves. People crossing borders are dealt with by the immigration authorities, NOT customs. There's no HS heading for human corpses, either; shipment of those is covered under baggage rules. Medical products derived from human bodies are classified in chapter 30.
 * slaves

930690 930690 -- Somewhere in chapter 29 [Organic Chemicals]. I'm not chemist enough to get more specific.
 * mustard gas grenades
 * mustard gas bombs
 * mustard gas in bulk

050710 010690 010690 010690 010290 010290
 * elephant tusks
 * live elephants
 * live pandas
 * live bees
 * live milk cows
 * live beef cattle

-- Dead animals are classified in chapter 2
 * fresh beef carcasses
 * frozen beef carcasses
 * frozen beef hamburger in bulk
 * frozen beef hamburger patties

-- None of these are commercially traded. Transplant organs and cremated remains go through customs under the local baggage rules. Bone generally goes in 0506 [Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinized; powder and waste of these products], but the "fossil" part bumps them into 9705 [Collections and collectors' pieces of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archeological, paleontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest]. However, fossils and mummies and such actually go through customs either as part of a traveling museum exhibit (and thus are entered under a heading in chapter 98 or 99, depending on the country), or as baggage.
 * transplant organs
 * ancient mummies
 * cremated remains
 * early hominid bones/fossils
 * dinosaur fossils, unknown type
 * dinosaur fossils, brontosaurus

-- 9306.90 [Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war and parts thereof; cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles and parts thereof, including shot and cartridge wads/Other] -- Somewhere in chapter 84? 8401 is "Nuclear reactors."
 * nuclear warheads
 * uranium enrichment equipment

960810 960839 851110 840731, 840732, 840733, 840734 depending on displacement 840820 840810 850211,850212,850213 depends on output 490210 or 490290 depending on number of issues per week 490210 or 490290 depending on number of issues per week cannot import a "download", need medium (optical media, etc) to classify software 950410--cartridges are an exception and are classified with the system 852340 852340 852340 490191 490191 490199 490199 490199 490199 852340 880240 880240 880240
 * ball-point pens
 * fountain pens
 * spark plugs
 * gasoline car engines
 * diesel car engines
 * diesel marine engines
 * diesel generators
 * general news magazines
 * sports magazines
 * video game downloads
 * video game cartridges
 * video game CDs for consoles
 * video game CDs for PCs
 * video game CDs for Macs
 * video game source code
 * operating system source code
 * music downloads, individual song
 * music downloads, whole album
 * music CD single
 * music CD album
 * an English dictionary
 * a French dictionary
 * a Harry Potter book
 * an autobiography book
 * the Koran
 * the Bible
 * the Bible on a CD
 * the Boeing 747 fitted for cargo
 * the Boeing 747 fitted for passenger service
 * the C-130 military cargo plane

-- 2505 [Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not colored, other than metal-bearing sands of chapter 26] -- 2517.10 [Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for concrete aggregates, for road metalling, or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated] -- 2703 [Peat (including peat litter), whether or not agglomerated] -- somewhere in chapter 25, I think, but I'm not gardener enough to get more specific.
 * sand
 * gravel
 * peat
 * potting soil mix

too vague, "memoribilia" is a concept not a thing too vague, "memoribilia" is a concept not a thing too vague, "memoribilia" is a concept not a thing -- Yep, too vague. It's not about Beatles vs. Nazis. It's about the "essential character" of the goods. Used clothing - no matter what it was used for - is classified in 6309. Phonograph records - no matter what's on them - are classified in 8523.
 * Beatles memoribilia
 * World War II memorabilia, not including Nazi-related items
 * World War II memorabilia, specifically Nazi-related items

930310 930310 930190 930190 -- Or possibly 9706 [Antiques of an age exceeding one hundred years]
 * historical muskets in inoperable condition
 * historical muskets in working condition
 * historical machine guns in inoperable condition
 * historical machine guns in working condition

930190 930320 too vague. Need much more info for textile items (mens/womens, knit/woven, etc) too vague. Need much more info for textile items (mens/womens, knit/woven, etc) too vague. Need much more info for textile items (mens/womens, knit/woven, etc) used/new has no bearing on classification, see above used/new has no bearing on classification, see above -- 6309 [Worn clothing and other worn articles] knit socks: 6115, woven: 6211?? see above -- 6309 [Worn clothing and other worn articles]
 * modern machine guns in working condition
 * modern shotguns in working condition
 * cotton shirts
 * wool shirts
 * dress shirts
 * new shirts
 * used shirts
 * new socks
 * used socks

870321, 8708322, 870823, 870824 depending on engine displacement same as above
 * new cars
 * used cars

220429 220421 220421 220421 -- 2208.60 [Vodka]
 * red wine in bulk
 * a single bottle of red wine
 * cases of bottles of red wine
 * cases of bottles of white wine
 * cases of bottles of vodka

-- 1701.13 or 1701.14 [Subheading 1701.13 covers only cane sugar obtained without centrifugation, whose content of sucrose by weight, in the dry state, corresponds to a polarimeter reading of 69E or more but less than 93E. The product contains only natural anhedral microcrystals, of irregular shape, not visible to the naked eye, which are surrounded by residues of molasses and other constituents of sugar cane.] -- 1701.12 [Beet sugar]
 * high-fructose corn syrup
 * high-fructose corn syrup solids
 * plain corn syrup
 * cane sugar
 * beet sugar

-- Is that British corn or US corn? Maize (sweet corn) is classified in chapter 7. Corn (in the sense of generic grains) is classified in chapter 10 or chapter 11, depending on whether it's been ground or not. "Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding," are heading 2309.
 * corn from geneticaly modified plants
 * corn from organicaly grown plants
 * corn intended for human consumption
 * corn intended for livestock feed

-- 1905.90 [Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty capsules of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products/Other] -- 1905.90 again. Is there really a place where the local pizzerias deliver across international borders? Tell me where. -- 2711.12 [Propane] -- 2711.29 [Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons/Other] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.40.45.79 (talk) 08:50, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
 * frozen pizza
 * hot pizza
 * propane
 * methane

Added some example codes to the above list from memory. 153.2.247.31 (talk) 21:51, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

-- Added example codes (using http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/index.htm) and commentary. My notes start with a double dash.

6309 carries limitations: "(A)	They must show signs of appreciable wear, whether or not they require cleaning or repair before use. (B)	They must be presented in bulk (e.g., in railway goods wagons) or in bales, sacks or similar bulk packings, or in bundles tied together without external wrapping, or packed roughly in crates." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.82.243.103 (talk) 16:42, 27 June 2013 (UTC)