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. It groups 10 four-digit headings used worldwide to classify these goods for customs and duty.
Sourcing this category from India
Products classified under HS 53 can be sourced from India across a range of clusters and price points. Use this page to understand where Vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn sits in the tariff schedule, then explore the Indian sectors and products that supply it.
How to read this code
53 is the two-digit HS chapter. Your destination country extends it to 8–10 digits and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty for many goods — 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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