Vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn
Chapter 53 of the Harmonised System covers Vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn — 10 four-digit headings spanning flax, raw or processed but not spun to woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres that customs authorities worldwide use to classify these goods and set duty.
- India exports 2024
- $533.4M
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
Chapter 53 covers other vegetable textile fibres and paper yarn — jute, flax, coir and ramie. India is the world's largest producer and exporter of jute and jute goods, centred on West Bengal, and a leading coir supplier from Kerala. Classification separates the raw fibres from yarn and from woven fabrics of each vegetable fibre.
How to read this code
53 is the two-digit HS chapter for vegetable textile fibres. 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 53
The Harmonised System breaks Vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn into these 10 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
True hemp (cannabis sativa L.), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of true hemp (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
Jute and other textile bast fibres (not flax, true hemp and ramie), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of these fibres, including yarn waste and garnetted stock
Coconut, abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis Nee), ramie and other vegetable textile fibres n.e.c., raw or processed but not spun; tow, noils and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
Flax yarn
Yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading no. 5305
Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn
Woven fabrics of flax
Woven fabrics of jute, other textile bast fibres of heading no. 5303
Woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres; woven fabrics of paper yarn
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Top destinations for Chapter 53 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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