50.02 Raw silk (not thrown)
One level above the number you declare. Pick one of the six-digit codes below.
Section XI, Textiles & Apparel — silk, wool, cotton, man-made fibres, fabrics, carpets and clothing.
- 50 Chapter Silk
- 02 Heading Raw silk (not thrown)
- —— Subheading Pick one of the 1 six-digit codes below
Chapter 50 covers silk: raw silk, silk waste, silk yarn and woven silk fabric. It's the first of the fibre-specific textile chapters that make up Section XI (chapters 50-63), organized by fibre type before moving to finished apparel. Classification tip: Raw silk, silk waste (noil) and thrown silk yarn each have separate subheadings, so identify the exact processing stage rather than classifying everything simply as 'silk'.
All of chapter 50The 1 six-digit code under 50.02
One of these is the number you declare.
Other headings in chapter 50
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 50.02? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment50.02 FAQ
Heading 50.02 covers raw silk (not thrown). It is part of chapter 50 (silk), and it is subdivided into 1 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.
Pick one of the 1 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 XI and to chapter 50. 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.