Chapter 53 — Vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn 4-digit heading

53.11 Woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres; woven fabrics of paper yarn

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. 53 Chapter Vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn
  2. 11 Heading Woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres; woven fabrics of paper yarn
  3. —— Subheading Pick one of the 1 six-digit codes below

Chapter 53 covers vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn: flax, jute, hemp, coir and similar plant fibres, plus paper yarn and woven fabrics made from paper yarn. Classification tip: Jute and other bast fibres used for sacking and packaging materials often qualify for preferential duty treatment in several markets as an eco-friendly packaging alternative: check current trade-agreement schedules.

All of chapter 53

The 1 six-digit code under 53.11

One of these is the number you declare.

Other headings in chapter 53

53.01 Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) 53.02 True hemp (cannabis sativa L.), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of true hemp (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) 53.03 Jute and other textile bast fibres (not flax, true hemp and ramie), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of these fibres, including yarn waste and garnetted stock 53.05 Coconut, abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis Nee), ramie and other vegetable textile fibres n.e.c., raw or processed but not spun; tow, noils and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) 53.06 Flax yarn 53.07 Yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading no. 5305 53.08 Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn 53.09 Woven fabrics of flax 53.10 Woven fabrics of jute, other textile bast fibres of heading no. 5303

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 53.11? 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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53.11 FAQ

Heading 53.11 covers woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres; woven fabrics of paper yarn. It is part of chapter 53 (vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn), 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 53. 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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