Chapter 55 — Man-made staple fibres 4-digit heading

55.16 Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres

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. 55 Chapter Man-made staple fibres
  2. 16 Heading Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres
  3. —— Subheading Pick one of the 20 six-digit codes below

Chapter 55 covers man-made staple fibres: synthetic and artificial fibres cut to short lengths for spinning into yarn, as opposed to the continuous filaments in chapter 54. Together chapters 54-55 cover the full range of synthetic textile inputs. Classification tip: As with chapter 54, synthetic versus artificial staple fibre is the first classification fork, and blended-fibre yarns are classified by the fibre with the greatest weight share.

All of chapter 55

The 20 six-digit codes under 55.16

One of these is the number you declare.

Other headings in chapter 55

55.01 Synthetic filament tow 55.02 Artificial filament tow 55.03 Synthetic staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning 55.04 Artificial staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning 55.05 Waste (including noils, yarn waste and garnetted stock), of man-made fibres 55.06 Synthetic staple fibres, carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning 55.07 Artificial staple fibres, carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning 55.08 Sewing thread of man-made staple fibres, whether or not put up for retail sale 55.09 Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale 55.10 Yarn (other than sewing thread) of artificial staple fibres, not put up for retail sale 55.11 Yarn (not sewing thread), of man-made staple fibres, put up for retail sale 55.12 Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of synthetic staple fibres 55.13 Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing less than 85% by weight of such fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, of a weight not exceeding 170g/m2 55.14 Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing less than 85% by weight of such fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, of a weight exceeding 170g/m2 55.15 Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, n.e.c. in chapter 55

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 55.16? 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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55.16 FAQ

Heading 55.16 covers woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres. It is part of chapter 55 (man-made staple fibres), and it is subdivided into 20 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.

Pick one of the 20 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 55. 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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