63.05 Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods
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.
- 63 Chapter Textiles, made up articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
- 05 Heading Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods
- —— Subheading Pick one of the 6 six-digit codes below
Chapter 63 covers textiles, made up articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags: bed linen, curtains, towels, and used-clothing exports, rounding out the textile section after fibre (50-56), fabric (58-60) and finished apparel (61-62). Classification tip: Worn/used clothing exports often face separate import bans or restrictions in destination countries (common in parts of East Africa) that go beyond the standard HS duty rate, so check destination-specific policy before shipping bulk used apparel.
All of chapter 63The 6 six-digit codes under 63.05
One of these is the number you declare.
- 6305.10 Sacks and bags; of a kind used for the packing of goods, of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading no. 5303
- 6305.20 Sacks and bags; of a kind used for the packing of goods, of cotton
- 6305.32 Sacks and bags; of a kind used for the packing of goods, of man-made textile materials, flexible intermediate bulk containers
- 6305.33 Sacks and bags; of a kind used for the packing of goods, of man-made textile materials, of polyethylene or polypropylene strip or the like, not flexible intermediate bulk containers
- 6305.39 Sacks and bags; of a kind used for the packing of goods, of man-made textile materials, not of polyethylene or polypropylene strip or the like, not flexible intermediate bulk containers
- 6305.90 Sacks and bags; of a kind used for the packing of goods, of textile materials (other than jute, cotton or man-made textile materials)
Other headings in chapter 63
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 63.05? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment63.05 FAQ
Heading 63.05 covers sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods. It is part of chapter 63 (textiles, made up articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags), 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 63. 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.