The textbook was prepared in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard of the Third Generation in the basic discipline of the professional cycle "Commodity Science of Homogeneous Groups of Non-Food Products." It discusses the commodity classification of non-food products, their consumer properties, requirements for quality and safety, the main types of appraisal activities in commodity science, general requirements for information on non-food products. Classification characteristics are given and the characteristics of the assortment of 14 homogeneous (specialized) groups of non-food products are given. The rules and procedure for quality control of these goods are considered.