57.03 Carpets and other textile floor coverings (including turf); tufted, whether or not made up
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.
- 57 Chapter Carpets and other textile floor coverings
- 03 Heading Carpets and other textile floor coverings (including turf); tufted, whether or not made up
- —— Subheading Pick one of the 6 six-digit codes below
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.
All of chapter 57The 6 six-digit codes under 57.03
One of these is the number you declare.
- 5703.10 Carpets and other textile floor coverings (including turf); tufted, of wool or fine animal hair, whether or not made up
- 5703.21 Carpets and other textile floor coverings; tufted, of nylon or other polyamides, whether or not made up
- 5703.29 Carpets; tufted, of nylon or other polyamides, whether or not made up
- 5703.31 Carpets and other textile floor coverings; tufted, of other man-made textile materials (other than polyamides), whether or not made up
- 5703.39 Carpets; tufted, of man-made textile materials (other than polyamides), whether of not made up
- 5703.90 Carpets and other textile floor coverings; tufted, of textile materials (other than man-made, wool or fine animal hair), whether or not made up
Other headings in chapter 57
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 57.03? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment57.03 FAQ
Heading 57.03 covers carpets and other textile floor coverings (including turf); tufted, whether or not made up. It is part of chapter 57 (carpets and other textile floor coverings), and it is subdivided into 6 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.
Pick one of the 6 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 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.