56.04 Rubber thread and cord, textile covered; textile yarn and strip and the like of heading no. 5404, 5405; impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics
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.
- 56 Chapter Wadding, felt and nonwovens, special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof
- 04 Heading Rubber thread and cord, textile covered; textile yarn and strip and the like of heading no. 5404, 5405; impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics
- —— Subheading Pick one of the 2 six-digit codes below
Chapter 56 covers wadding, felt and nonwovens, special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof: industrial and technical textiles rather than apparel fabric. Classification tip: Rope and cordage subheadings split by material (natural fibre, synthetic, steel-reinforced) and by diameter/breaking strength, which matters for marine and industrial cordage shipments in particular.
All of chapter 56The 2 six-digit codes under 56.04
One of these is the number you declare.
Other headings in chapter 56
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 56.04? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment56.04 FAQ
Heading 56.04 covers rubber thread and cord, textile covered; textile yarn and strip and the like of heading no. 5404, 5405; impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics. It is part of chapter 56 (wadding, felt and nonwovens, special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof), and it is subdivided into 2 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.
Pick one of the 2 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 56. 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.