Chapter 51 — Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 4-digit heading

51.05 Wool and fine or coarse animal hair; carded or combed (including combed wool in fragments)

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.

  1. 51 Chapter Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
  2. 05 Heading Wool and fine or coarse animal hair; carded or combed (including combed wool in fragments)
  3. —— Subheading Pick one of the 6 six-digit codes below

Chapter 51 covers wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric: raw and processed wool fibre and fabric before it becomes finished apparel. Classification tip: Fine animal hair (cashmere, mohair, angora) is classified separately from ordinary sheep's wool, and the specific animal source can materially change the applicable duty rate.

All of chapter 51

The 6 six-digit codes under 51.05

One of these is the number you declare.

Other headings in chapter 51

51.01 Wool, not carded or combed 51.02 Fine or coarse animal hair, not carded or combed 51.03 Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste but excluding garnetted stock 51.04 Wool, or fine or coarse animal hair; garnetted stock 51.06 Yarn of carded wool, not put up for retail sale 51.07 Yarn of combed wool, not put up for retail sale 51.08 Yarn of fine animal hair (carded or combed), not put up for retail sale 51.09 Yarn of wool or of fine animal hair, put up for retail sale 51.10 Yarn of coarse animal hair or of horsehair (including gimped horsehair yarn), whether or not put up for retail sale 51.11 Woven fabrics of carded wool or of carded fine animal hair 51.12 Woven fabrics of combed wool or of combed fine animal hair 51.13 Woven fabrics of coarse animal hair or of horsehair

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 51.05? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.

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51.05 FAQ

Heading 51.05 covers wool and fine or coarse animal hair; carded or combed (including combed wool in fragments). It is part of chapter 51 (wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric), and it is subdivided into 6 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.

Pick one of the 6 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 51. 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.

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