Chapter 56
Wadding, Felt and Nonwovens; Twine, Cordage, Ropes and Cables
116 tariff lines · 81 filing-ready 10-digit codes · codes begin with 56
Chapter 56 of the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers wadding, Felt and Nonwovens; Twine, Cordage, Ropes and Cables. Every code in this chapter starts with the digits 56. Work down the nested list below: the bold headings are broad categories, and the 10-digit statistical codes underneath them are what you actually declare to US Customs. Duty rates shown are the general (Column 1) rates that apply to most trading partners.
Codes in Chapter 56
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5601.21.00 | Of cotton | 8-digit subheading | 3.6% |
| 5601.21.00.10 | Wadding, in the piece (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5601.21.00.90 | Other (369) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5601.22.00 | Of man-made fibers | 8-digit subheading | 6.3% |
| 5601.22.00.10 | Wadding, in the piece (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5601.22.00.50 | Flocked swabs, other than articles of heading 3926 (669) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5601.22.00.91 | Other (669) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5601.29.00 | Other | 8-digit subheading | 4% |
| 5601.29.00.10 | Containing 85 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5601.29.00.20 | Of wool or fine animal hair (469) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5601.29.00.90 | Other (899) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5601.30.00.00 | Textile flock and dust and mill neps | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5602.10 | Needleloom felt and stitchbonded fiber fabrics | 6-digit heading | |
| 5602.10.10.00 | Laminated fabrics (223) | 10-digit statistical code | 12% |
| 5602.10.90 | Other | 8-digit subheading | 10.6% |
| 5602.10.90.10 | Of wool or fine animal hair (414) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5602.10.90.90 | Other (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5602.21.00.00 | Of wool or fine animal hair (414) | 10-digit statistical code | 49.5¢/kg + 7.5% |
| 5602.29.00.00 | Of other textile materials (223) | 10-digit statistical code | 6.3% |
| 5602.90 | Other | 6-digit heading | |
| 5602.90.30.00 | Laminated fabrics (223) | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 5602.90.60.00 | Of man-made fibers (223) | 10-digit statistical code | 6.3% |
| 5602.90.90.00 | Other (414) | 10-digit statistical code | 52.9¢/kg + 8% |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5603.11.00 | Weighing not more than 25 g/m2 | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 5603.11.00.10 | Impregnated, coated or covered with material other than or in addition to rubber, plastics, wood pulp or glass fibers; "imitation suede" (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.11.00.70 | Nonwoven articles, ready for use and packaged for industrial, institutional or retail sale, whether or not separated, perforated or impregnated, not elsewhere specified or included (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.11.00.95 | Other (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.12.00 | Weighing more than 25 g/m2 but not more than 70 g/m2 | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 5603.12.00.10 | Impregnated, coated or covered with material other than or in addition to rubber, plastics, wood pulp or glass fibers; "imitation suede" (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.12.00.70 | Nonwoven articles, ready for use and packaged for industrial, institutional or retail sale, whether or not separated, perforated or impregnated, not elsewhere specified or included (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.12.00.95 | Other (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.13.00 | Weighing more than 70 g/m2 but not more than 150 g/m2 | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 5603.13.00.10 | Impregnated, coated or covered with material other than or in addition to rubber, plastics, wood pulp or glass fibers; "imitation suede" (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.13.00.70 | Nonwoven articles, ready for use and packaged for industrial, institutional or retail sale, whether or not separated, perforated or impregnated, not elsewhere specified or included (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.13.00.95 | Other (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.14 | Weighing more than 150 g/m2 | 6-digit heading | |
| 5603.14.30.00 | Laminated fabrics (223) | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 5603.14.90 | Other | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 5603.14.90.10 | Impregnated, coated or covered with material other than or in addition to rubber, plastics, wood pulp or glass fibers; "imitation suede" (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.14.90.90 | Other (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.91.00 | Weighing not more than 25 g/m2 | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 5603.91.00.10 | Impregnated, coated or covered with material other than or in addition to rubber, plastics, wood pulp or glass fibers; "imitation suede" (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.91.00.90 | Other (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.92.00 | Weighing more than 25 g/m2 but not more than 70 g/m2 | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 5603.92.00.10 | Impregnated, coated or covered with material other than or in addition to rubber, plastics, wood pulp or glass fibers; "imitation suede" (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.92.00.70 | Nonwoven articles, ready for use and packaged for industrial, institutional or retail sale, whether or not separated, perforated or impregnated, not elsewhere specified or included (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.92.00.95 | Other (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.93.00 | Weighing more than 70 g/m2 but not more than 150 g/m2 | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 5603.93.00.10 | Impregnated, coated or covered with material other than or in addition to rubber, plastics, wood pulp or glass fibers; "imitation suede" (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.93.00.90 | Other (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.94 | Weighing more than 150 g/m2 | 6-digit heading | |
| 5603.94.10 | Floor covering underlays | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 5603.94.10.10 | Of wool or fine animal hair (469) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.94.10.90 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.94.30.00 | Laminated fabrics (223) | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 5603.94.90 | Other | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 5603.94.90.10 | Impregnated, coated or covered with material other than or in addition to rubber, plastics, wood pulp or glass fibers; "imitation suede" (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.94.90.30 | Thermal bonded, of staple fibers (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.94.90.50 | Obtained by mechanical entanglement, of staple fibers (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.94.90.70 | Of filaments (223) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5603.94.90.90 | Of staple fibers (223) | 10-digit statistical code |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5604.10.00.00 | Rubber thread and cord, textile covered (201) | 10-digit statistical code | 6.3% |
| 5604.90.20.00 | High tenacity yarn of polyesters, of nylon or other polyamides or of viscose rayon, impregnated or coated (201) | 10-digit statistical code | 8.8% |
| 5604.90.90.00 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | 5% |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5605.00.10.00 | Metal coated or metal laminated man-made filament or strip or the like, ungimped, and untwisted or with twist of less than 5 turns per meter | 10-digit statistical code | 7.5% |
| 5605.00.90.00 | Other (201) | 10-digit statistical code | 13.2% |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5606.00.00.10 | Containing elastomeric filaments (201) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5606.00.00.90 | Other (201) | 10-digit statistical code |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5607.21.00.00 | Binder or baler twine | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 5607.29.00.00 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | 3.6% |
| 5607.41 | Binder or baler twine | 6-digit heading | |
| 5607.41.10.00 | Of wide nonfibrillated strip | 10-digit statistical code | 2.7% |
| 5607.41.30.00 | Other (201) | 10-digit statistical code | 4% |
| 5607.49 | Other | 6-digit heading | |
| 5607.49.10.00 | Of wide nonfibrillated strip | 10-digit statistical code | 2.7% |
| 5607.49.15.00 | Measuring less than 4.8 mm in diameter (201) | 10-digit statistical code | 7% |
| 5607.49.25.00 | Other (201) | 10-digit statistical code | 9.8¢/kg + 5.3% |
| 5607.49.30.00 | Other (669) | 10-digit statistical code | 3.6% |
| 5607.50 | Of other synthetic fibers | 6-digit heading | |
| 5607.50.25.00 | 3-ply or 4-ply multicolored twine having a final "S" twist, containing at least 10 percent by weight of cotton, measuring less than 3.5 mm in diameter (201) | 10-digit statistical code | 7% |
| 5607.50.35.00 | Other (201) | 10-digit statistical code | 19.9¢/kg + 10.8% |
| 5607.50.40.00 | Other (669) | 10-digit statistical code | 3.6% |
| 5607.90 | Other | 6-digit heading | |
| 5607.90.10.00 | Of coir | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 5607.90.15.00 | Of jute or other textile bast fibers of heading 5303 | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 5607.90.25.00 | Of stranded construction measuring 1.88 cm or over in diameter | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 5607.90.35.00 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | 3.4% |
| 5607.90.90.00 | Other (201) | 10-digit statistical code | 6.3% |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5608.11.00 | Made up fishing nets | 8-digit subheading | 8% |
| 5608.11.00.10 | Hand-cast string-drawn | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5608.11.00.90 | Other (229) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5608.19 | Other | 6-digit heading | |
| 5608.19.10 | Fish netting | 8-digit subheading | 8.5% |
| 5608.19.10.10 | Salmon gill netting, of nylon or other polyamides (229) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5608.19.10.20 | Other (229) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5608.19.20 | Other | 8-digit subheading | 5% |
| 5608.19.20.10 | Bait bags with draw string closures | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5608.19.20.90 | Other (229) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 5608.90 | Other | 6-digit heading | |
| 5608.90.10.00 | Fish netting and fishing nets | 10-digit statistical code | 8% |
| 5608.90.23.00 | Hammocks | 10-digit statistical code | 14.1% |
| 5608.90.27.00 | Other (229) | 10-digit statistical code | 14.1% |
| 5608.90.30.00 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | 5% |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5609.00.10.00 | Of cotton | 10-digit statistical code | 2.9% |
| 5609.00.20.00 | Of vegetable fibers, except cotton | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 5609.00.30.00 | Of man-made fibers | 10-digit statistical code | 4.5% |
| 5609.00.40.00 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | 3.9% |
Not sure which line applies?
Classification follows the General Rules of Interpretation: the most specific description wins, and you must use a 10-digit statistical code on the entry. When two lines look equally plausible, a CBP binding ruling is the only way to be certain.
Source: USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule, 2026 Basic Edition, Revision 16. Rate text is reproduced verbatim from the official export; category paths and duty estimates are derived.
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