58 Fabrics; special woven fabrics, tufted textile fabrics, lace, tapestries, trimmings, embroidery
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.
- 58 Chapter Fabrics; special woven fabrics, tufted textile fabrics, lace, tapestries, trimmings, embroidery
- —— Heading Pick one of the 11 headings below
- —— Subheading Six digits, the level every country shares
Chapter 58 covers special woven fabrics, tufted textile fabrics, lace, tapestries, trimmings, embroidery: decorative and technical fabric constructions distinct from the plain woven and knitted fabrics in chapters 52-55 and 60. Classification tip: Embroidered fabric is classified under this chapter as a fabric, but once it's cut and sewn into a finished garment or article, it reclassifies under whichever apparel or made-up-article chapter matches the finished product.
11 headings in chapter 58
Four-digit groups. Pick the one that fits, then the six-digit code inside it.
- 58.01 Fabrics; woven pile and chenille fabrics, other than fabrics of heading no. 5802 or 5806 12 codes
- 58.02 Fabrics; terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics other than narrow fabrics of heading no. 5806; tufted textile fabrics, excluding products of heading no. 5703 3 codes
- 58.03 Gauze; other than narrow fabrics of heading no. 5806 1 code
- 58.04 Tulles and other net fabrics; not including woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics; lace in the piece, in strips or in motifs, (other than fabrics of headings 60.02 to 60.06) 4 codes
- 58.05 Tapestries; hand-woven, (Gobelins, Flanders, Aubusson, Beauvais and the like) and needle-worked tapestries (e.g. petit point, cross-stitch) whether or not made up 1 code
- 58.06 Fabrics; narrow woven, other than goods of heading 5807; narrow fabrics consisting of warp without weft assembled by means of an adhesive (bolducs) 6 codes
- 58.07 Labels, badges and similar articles; of textile materials, in the piece, in strips or cut to shape or size, not embroidered 2 codes
- 58.08 Braids in the piece; ornamental trimmings in the piece, without embroidery, other than knitted or crocheted; tassels, pompons and similar articles 2 codes
- 58.09 Fabrics, woven; of metal thread and metallised yarn of heading no. 5605, of a kind used in apparel, as furnishing fabrics or similar purposes; n.e.c. or included 1 code
- 58.10 Embroidery; in the piece, in strips or in motifs 4 codes
- 58.11 Quilted textile products; in the piece, composed of one or more layers of textile materials assembled with padding by stitching or otherwise (excluding embroidery of heading no. 5810) 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 58? 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 58 FAQ
Chapter 58 covers special woven fabrics, tufted textile fabrics, lace, tapestries, trimmings, embroidery: decorative and technical fabric constructions distinct from the plain woven and knitted fabrics in chapters 52-55 and 60. Classification tip: Embroidered fabric is classified under this chapter as a fabric, but once it's cut and sewn into a finished garment or article, it reclassifies under whichever apparel or made-up-article chapter matches the finished product.
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 58. 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.