Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
Chapter 51 of the Harmonised System covers Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric — 13 four-digit headings spanning wool, not carded or combed to yarn of combed wool, not put up for retail sale that customs authorities worldwide use to classify these goods and set duty.
- India exports 2024
- $141.3M
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
Chapter 51 covers wool and fine or coarse animal hair, including horsehair yarn and woven fabric. India processes and exports wool tops, yarn and shoddy, and is renowned for Pashmina and other fine animal-hair textiles from the Himalayan belt. Classification separates greasy and scoured wool from carded, combed, spun and woven products.
How to read this code
51 is the two-digit HS chapter for wool, fine or coarse animal hair. To clear customs your destination country extends it to a full 8–10 digit code and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty on many textiles & textile articles lines — check our import guides for your market.
Headings under HS 51
The Harmonised System breaks Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric into these 13 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Wool, not carded or combed
Fine or coarse animal hair, not carded or combed
Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste but excluding garnetted stock
Wool, or fine or coarse animal hair; garnetted stock
Wool and fine or coarse animal hair; carded or combed (including combed wool in fragments)
Yarn of carded wool, not put up for retail sale
Yarn of combed wool, not put up for retail sale
Yarn of fine animal hair (carded or combed), not put up for retail sale
Yarn of wool or of fine animal hair, put up for retail sale
Yarn of coarse animal hair or of horsehair (including gimped horsehair yarn), whether or not put up for retail sale
Woven fabrics of carded wool or of carded fine animal hair
Woven fabrics of combed wool or of combed fine animal hair
Woven fabrics of coarse animal hair or of horsehair
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Top destinations for Chapter 51 exports
India's largest buyers of goods in this HS chapter in 2024, ranked by export value.
Chapter-level destination mix — your specific HS line may skew differently. Source: UN Comtrade, 2024.
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