HS HEADING 5911

Textile products and articles for technical uses; specified in note 7 to this chapter

HEADING

5911

CHAPTER

59 — Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics

In plain English

This category includes textile products and articles designed for technical applications, such as fabrics coated or laminated with rubber, leather, or other materials for use in card clothing. It also covers endless or linked fabrics and felts used in paper-making machines, with specific distinctions based on their weight per square meter. Additionally, the group encompasses bolting cloth, whether or not it has been made up, as well as straining cloth used in oil presses and similar equipment, including that made from human hair. Any other textile products or articles for technical uses not listed elsewhere fall into the final remaining category.

PARAPHRASE OF THE OFFICIAL HS 2022 TEXTS BELOW — NOT LEGAL ADVICE

6-digit subheadings (6)

Official HS 2022 subheading texts. National tariff schedules subdivide these further (8-10 digit lines) and set the actual duty rates.

5911.10

Textile fabric, felt & felt-lined woven fabrics, coated/covered/laminated with rubber, leather or other material, for card clothing, similar fabrics used for technical purposes, including rubber impregnated narrow velvet fabrics to cover weaving spindles

5911.20

Textile products and articles for technical uses; bolting cloth, whether or not made up

5911.31

Textiles; fabrics and felts, endless or fitted with linking devices, of a kind used in paper-making or similar machines, weighing less than 650g/m2

5911.32

Textiles; fabrics and felts, endless or fitted with linking devices, of a kind used in paper-making or similar machines, weighing 650g/m2 or more

5911.40

Textile products and articles for technical uses; straining cloth of a kind used in oil presses and the like, including that of human hair

5911.90

Textile products and articles for technical uses; n.e.c. in heading no. 5911

Chapter 59 classification notes

Chapter 59 covers technical textiles. Coated fabrics for industrial-clothing applications (firefighter, military) may be dual-use.

Frequent misclassification in this chapter

PVC-coated fabrics — under 50% plastic by weight stays in 59; over 50% goes to Chapter 39 (plastics).

Classification certainty

The 6-digit level shown here is the internationally harmonised layer. Duty rates attach to national 8-10 digit tariff lines, which differ by country — use the duty calculator for lane estimates. For binding certainty, request a ruling from the destination customs authority.

Binding tariff ruling database

Other headings in Chapter 59

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