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Chapter 52: Cotton

Section XI — Textiles and textile articles

12 headings · 181 total HS codes

Classification Notes for Chapter 52

Note 1. For the purposes of 5209.42.00 and 5211.42.00, "denim" means fabrics of yarns of different colours, of 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including broken twill, warp faced, the warp yarns of which are of one and the same colour and the weft yarns of which are unbleached, bleached, dyed grey or coloured a lighter shade of the colour of the warp yarns.

Heading	Description	General Rate	Sub-codes	FTAs
5201	Cotton, not carded or combed	0%	1	12 FTAs
5202	Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)	0%	4	17 FTAs
5203	Cotton, carded or combed	0%	1	14 FTAs
5204	Cotton sewing thread, whether or not put up for retail sale	0%	4	17 FTAs
5205	Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale	0%	36	17 FTAs
5206	Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale	0%	32	16 FTAs
5207	Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread) put up for retail sale	5%	2	15 FTAs
5208	WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING NOT MORE THAN 200 g/m2	5%	24	15 FTAs
5209	WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, WEIGHING MORE THAN 200 g/m2	5%	21	17 FTAs
5210	WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING LESS THAN 85% BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, MIXED MAINLY OR SOLELY WITH MAN-MADE FIBRES, WEIGHING NOT MORE THAN 200 g/m2	5%	16	15 FTAs
5211	WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING LESS THAN 85% BY WEIGHT OF COTTON, MIXED MAINLY OR SOLELY WITH MAN-MADE FIBRES, WEIGHING MORE THAN 200 g/m2	5%	18	16 FTAs
5212	Other woven fabrics of cotton	5%	12	17 FTAs

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