60 Fabrics; knitted or crocheted
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.
- 60 Chapter Fabrics; knitted or crocheted
- —— Heading Pick one of the 6 headings below
- —— Subheading Six digits, the level every country shares
Chapter 60 covers fabrics; knitted or crocheted: the knit-construction counterpart to the woven fabrics found across chapters 50-55 and 58, used mainly as an input to knitted apparel (chapter 61). Classification tip: Pile fabrics (like fleece) and plain knit fabrics sit on different subheadings, so confirm the knit structure rather than treating all knitted fabric as a single generic category.
6 headings in chapter 60
Four-digit groups. Pick the one that fits, then the six-digit code inside it.
- 60.01 Fabrics; pile fabrics, including long pile fabrics and terry fabrics, knitted or crocheted 7 codes
- 60.02 Fabrics; knitted or crocheted, other than those of heading 60.01, of a width not exceeding 30cm, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn or rubber thread 2 codes
- 60.03 Fabrics; knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of heading 60.01 and 60.02, of a width not exceeding 30 cm, 5 codes
- 60.04 Fabrics; knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, other than those of heading 60.01, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn or rubber thread 2 codes
- 60.05 Fabrics; warp knit (including those made on galloon knitting machines), other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04 14 codes
- 60.06 Fabrics; knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04 14 codes
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 60? 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 60 FAQ
Chapter 60 covers fabrics; knitted or crocheted: the knit-construction counterpart to the woven fabrics found across chapters 50-55 and 58, used mainly as an input to knitted apparel (chapter 61). Classification tip: Pile fabrics (like fleece) and plain knit fabrics sit on different subheadings, so confirm the knit structure rather than treating all knitted fabric as a single generic category.
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 60. 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.