46.01 Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, assembled into strips or not; plaiting materials, plaits and the like bound together in parallel strands or woven in sheet form, finished articles or not
One level above the number you declare. Pick one of the six-digit codes below.
Section IX, Wood & Wood Products — wood, charcoal, cork and articles of straw or basketware.
- 46 Chapter Manufactures of straw, esparto or other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork
- 01 Heading Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, assembled into strips or not; plaiting materials, plaits and the like bound together in parallel strands or woven in sheet form, finished articles or not
- —— Subheading Pick one of the 7 six-digit codes below
Chapter 46 covers manufactures of straw, esparto or other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork: woven and plaited goods made from vegetable fibre rather than textile yarn. Classification tip: Baskets combined with other materials (metal handles, fabric linings) are classified by the material giving the item its essential character, which is usually the plaited vegetable fibre body, not the trim.
All of chapter 46The 7 six-digit codes under 46.01
One of these is the number you declare.
- 4601.21 Plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials; mats, matting and screens, of bamboo
- 4601.22 Plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials; mats, matting and screens, of rattan
- 4601.29 Plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials; mats, matting and screens, of vegetable materials other than bamboo or rattan
- 4601.92 Plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials; (not mats, matting or screens), of bamboo
- 4601.93 Plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials; (not mats, matting or screens), of rattan
- 4601.94 Plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials; (not mats, matting or screens), of vegetable materials other than bamboo or rattan
- 4601.99 Plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials; products of non-vegetable materials
Other headings in chapter 46
The wording above is the Harmonized System nomenclature as published by the World Customs Organization, HS 2022 edition. It is a classification reference, not a tariff: it carries no duty rates, and it stops at six digits — the importing country adds its own beyond that.
Classification is decided by the General Rules of Interpretation and the section and chapter notes, and it is the importing country’s customs authority that makes it binding.
Shipping goods under 46.01? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment46.01 FAQ
Heading 46.01 covers plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, assembled into strips or not; plaiting materials, plaits and the like bound together in parallel strands or woven in sheet form, finished articles or not. It is part of chapter 46 (manufactures of straw, esparto or other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork), and it is subdivided into 7 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.
Pick one of the 7 subheadings below. Those six digits are what customs recognises internationally; the importing country may extend them to eight or ten in its own tariff schedule.
The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section IX and to chapter 46. A description that reads right is not enough on its own — the notes routinely pull goods out of the chapter they obviously belong to and put them somewhere else. Where duty or licensing turns on the answer, ask the importing country’s customs authority for a binding ruling.
A wrong or missing code is one of the common reasons customs holds a container, and a hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving. Watch for it in the container tracking app, on the air waybill in the air cargo tracker, or through the tracking API.