57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings
The broadest level of the Harmonized System. Pick the heading below that fits your goods, then the six-digit code under it — that last one is what you declare.
Section XI, Textiles & Apparel — silk, wool, cotton, man-made fibres, fabrics, carpets and clothing.
- 57 Chapter Carpets and other textile floor coverings
- —— Heading Pick one of the 5 headings below
- —— Subheading Six digits, the level every country shares
Chapter 57 covers carpets and other textile floor coverings, whether woven, tufted or knotted: a fairly narrow, well-defined chapter distinguished mainly by construction method (woven vs. tufted vs. hand-knotted). Classification tip: Hand-knotted rugs are classified separately from machine-tufted carpet, and country-of-origin claims (a carpet marketed by geographic origin) can affect both classification and labeling requirements.
5 headings in chapter 57
Four-digit groups. Pick the one that fits, then the six-digit code inside it.
- 57.01 Carpets and other textile floor coverings; knotted, whether or not made up 2 codes
- 57.02 Carpets and other textile floor coverings; woven, (not tufted or flocked), whether or not made up, including kelem, schumacks, karamanie and similar hand-woven rugs 12 codes
- 57.03 Carpets and other textile floor coverings (including turf); tufted, whether or not made up 6 codes
- 57.04 Carpets and other textile floor coverings; of felt, (not tufted or flocked), whether or not made up 3 codes
- 57.05 Carpets and other textile floor coverings; n.e.c. in chapter 57, whether or not made up 1 code
Other chapters in Section XI
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 from chapter 57? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipmentChapter 57 FAQ
Chapter 57 covers carpets and other textile floor coverings, whether woven, tufted or knotted: a fairly narrow, well-defined chapter distinguished mainly by construction method (woven vs. tufted vs. hand-knotted). Classification tip: Hand-knotted rugs are classified separately from machine-tufted carpet, and country-of-origin claims (a carpet marketed by geographic origin) can affect both classification and labeling requirements.
Pick the heading below that describes the goods, then the six-digit subheading under it. Six digits is the level the Harmonized System defines and the level customs everywhere recognises; anything beyond that is added by the importing country.
The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section XI and to chapter 57. 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.