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

51.11 Woven fabrics of carded wool or of carded fine animal hair

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. 11 Heading Woven fabrics of carded wool or of carded fine animal hair
  3. —— Subheading Pick one of the 5 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 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 51.11? 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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51.11 FAQ

Heading 51.11 covers woven fabrics of carded wool or of carded fine animal hair. It is part of chapter 51 (wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric), and it is subdivided into 5 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.

Pick one of the 5 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.