Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
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Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
Common items in this chapter
- —Wool, not carded or combed (5101)
- —Fine animal hair: cashmere, alpaca, vicuña, merino (5102)
- —Yarn of carded wool (5106)
- —Woven fabrics of wool (5111)
Headings in this chapter (13)
Official HS 2022 four-digit headings. Each heading page lists its 6-digit subheadings with the official nomenclature texts.
- 5101 — Wool, not carded or combed
- 5102 — Fine or coarse animal hair, not carded or combed
- 5103 — Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste b…
- 5104 — Wool, or fine or coarse animal hair; garnetted stock
- 5105 — Wool and fine or coarse animal hair; carded or combed (including combe…
- 5106 — Yarn of carded wool, not put up for retail sale
- 5107 — Yarn of combed wool, not put up for retail sale
- 5108 — Yarn of fine animal hair (carded or combed), not put up for retail sal…
- 5109 — Yarn of wool or of fine animal hair, put up for retail sale
- 5110 — Yarn of coarse animal hair or of horsehair (including gimped horsehair…
- 5111 — Woven fabrics of carded wool or of carded fine animal hair
- 5112 — Woven fabrics of combed wool or of combed fine animal hair
- 5113 — Woven fabrics of coarse animal hair or of horsehair
Classification notes
CITES Appendix I vicuña wool requires CITES permits; cashmere from Mongolian / Chinese herds dominates. EU + US labelling rules require fibre-content disclosure.
Frequent misclassification
Wool blends — under 85% wool content goes to mixed-fibre chapters 5106-5113.
Binding tariff ruling database
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Binding tariff ruling database