Cotton
Chapter 52 of the Harmonised System covers Cotton — 12 four-digit headings spanning cotton to woven fabrics of cotton (≥85%, ≤200 g/m²) that customs authorities worldwide use to classify these goods and set duty.
- India exports 2024
- $6.44B
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
Chapter 52 covers cotton — one of India's largest textile exports. India is among the world's biggest cotton growers and exporters of raw cotton, yarn and woven fabric from Gujarat, Maharashtra and the south. Subheadings follow the chain from raw and carded cotton through single and multiple yarns to a wide range of woven fabrics.
How to read this code
52 is the two-digit HS chapter for cotton. 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 52
The Harmonised System breaks Cotton into these 12 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Cotton; not carded or combed
Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
Cotton, carded or combed
Cotton sewing thread, whether or not put up for retail sale
Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale
Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale
Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), put up for retail sale
Woven fabrics of cotton (≥85%, ≤200 g/m²)
Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200g/m2
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
Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200g/m2
Other woven fabrics of cotton, n.e.c. in chapter 52
Products under HS 52 we source from India
These live sourcing categories map to HS 52, each with its own indicative FOB, minimum order and lead-time economics — request quotes directly.
Turn this code into a sourcing plan
HS 52 maps to live sourcing categories — jump straight to the sector and products we ship under it.
Top destinations for Chapter 52 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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