70.19 Glass fibres (including glass wool) and articles thereof (e.g. yarn, rovings, woven fabrics)
One level above the number you declare. Pick one of the six-digit codes below.
Section XIII, Stone, Ceramics & Glass — articles of stone, plaster, cement, ceramics and glass.
- 70 Chapter Glass and glassware
- 19 Heading Glass fibres (including glass wool) and articles thereof (e.g. yarn, rovings, woven fabrics)
- —— Subheading Pick one of the 18 six-digit codes below
Chapter 70 covers glass and glassware: flat glass, glass containers, tableware, fibreglass and optical-grade glass, spanning both industrial glass and finished consumer glassware. Classification tip: Flat glass classification depends on processing (float, toughened, laminated, coated), and safety-glass certification is frequently required for automotive or architectural glass on top of the HS code.
All of chapter 70The 18 six-digit codes under 70.19
One of these is the number you declare.
- 7019.11 Glass fibres; (including glass wool), chopped strands, of a length of not more than 50mm
- 7019.12 Glass fibres; (including glass wool), rovings
- 7019.13 Glass fibres; (including glass wool), yarns and slivers
- 7019.14 Glass fibres; (including glass wool), mechanically bonded mats
- 7019.15 Glass fibres; (including glass wool), chemically bonded mats
- 7019.19 Glass fibres; (including glass wool), threads and mats, other than mechanically or chemically bonded mats
- 7019.61 Glass fibres; mechanically bonded fabrics and closed woven fabrics of rovings
- 7019.62 Glass fibres; non-woven mechanically bonded fabrics and closed fabrics of rovings
- 7019.63 Glass fibres; mechanically bonded fabrics and closed woven fabrics, plain weave, of yarns, not coated or laminated (other than rovings)
- 7019.64 Glass fibres; closed woven fabrics, plain weave, of yarns, coated or laminated, (other than rovings)
- 7019.65 Glass fibres; open woven fabrics of a width not exceeding 30cm
- 7019.66 Glass fibres; open woven fabrics of a width exceeding 30cm
- 7019.69 Glass fibres; fabrics n.e.c. in item no. 7019.6
- 7019.71 Glass fibres; chemically bonded fabrics
- 7019.72 Glass fibres; chemically bonded fabrics, closed fabrics n.e.c. in heading 7019
- 7019.73 Glass fibres; chemically bonded fabrics, open fabrics n.e.c. in heading 7019
- 7019.80 Glass fibres; glass wool and articles thereof
- 7019.90 Glass fibres; n.e.c. in heading no. 7019
Other headings in chapter 70
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 70.19? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment70.19 FAQ
Heading 70.19 covers glass fibres (including glass wool) and articles thereof (e.g. yarn, rovings, woven fabrics). It is part of chapter 70 (glass and glassware), and it is subdivided into 18 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.
Pick one of the 18 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 XIII and to chapter 70. 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.