HS Code Detail
610443 Chapter 61 · Clothing (knit) Women's dresses, synthetic fibres, knitted
Six-digit subheading in Clothing (knit), chapter 61 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 6 destination markets.
Anatomy of 610443
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 610443: ten digits in the United States and the United Kingdom, eight in the European Union, and the first six the same everywhere. Which trailing digits apply is what the 6 rates below differ on.
What this code covers
Import duty by country
MFN duty rate · 6 countries| Country | Duty | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺Australia | 5% | 10% |
| 🇨🇦Canada | 18% | 5% |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 12% | 19% |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | 12% | 23% |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 12% | 20% |
| 🇺🇸United States | 16% | 0% |
Rates shown are MFN (Most Favoured Nation), the default for WTO members. Preferential FTA rates may be lower with valid proof of origin. Section 301 / anti-dumping surcharges on Chinese-origin goods are not included.
What that costs: 610443 into Canada
An illustrative consignment of 610443 invoiced at CAD 2,000.00, priced in CAD because a threshold is set in the destination's currency and nothing here is converted.
| Goods value on the invoice | CAD 2,000.00 |
| International freight | CAD 120.00 |
| Cargo insurance | CAD 30.00 |
| Value the duty is charged on, FOB basis | CAD 2,000.00 |
| Duty at 18% | CAD 360.00 |
| Canada tax at 5%, charged on the value plus the duty | CAD 118.00 |
| Total, before commercial charges | CAD 2,628.00 |
And if the consignment were small
Canada relieves customs duties and taxes on consignments at or under CAD 20. The 610443 shipment above is over that, so its duty is charged in full. The same code invoiced at exactly CAD 20 with no freight would be charged CAD 0.00 of duty and CAD 0.00 of tax, a total of CAD 20.00. The rate on the 610443 row has not changed; only the charge is relieved.
Selling rather than buying? CAD 2,628.00 is what your buyer in Canada pays to take delivery of this consignment, yours to pay if you quote DDP and theirs if you quote DAP: Exporting to Canada sets out who collects it and what your invoice has to say.
An illustration, not a quotation: broker fees, handling and any trade remedy on the origin sit outside it. Price 610443 on your own numbers in the duty calculator.
How these rates were verified
Rates last verified 30 August 2026Every figure in the table above was read from the official tariff database of the market that charges it, on the date shown. Nothing here is copied from another aggregator.
- 🇦🇺AU
- Australian Border Force Schedule 3 working tariff, general rate for 6104.43.00, read from abf.gov.au.
- 🇨🇦CA
- CBSA Customs Tariff 2026, MFN rate for 6104.43.00, read from cbsa-asfc.gc.ca.
- 🇩🇪DE
- EU TARIC, third country duty (erga omnes) for TARIC code 6104430000 and the German standard VAT rate, read from ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric.
- 🇬🇧GB
- UK Trade Tariff, third country duty and the standard rate of VAT for commodity 6104430000, read from trade-tariff.service.gov.uk.
- 🇵🇹PT
- EU TARIC, third country duty (erga omnes) for TARIC code 6104430000 and the Portuguese standard IVA rate, read from ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds2/taric.
- 🇺🇸US
- USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule, general rate for HTS 6104.43.20, the residual synthetic line, read from hts.usitc.gov.
Re-check first: The US 16% is the residual line 6104.43.20. A knitted dress that is 23% or more wool by weight falls in 6104.43.10 at 14.9% instead, so the fibre mix is the thing to confirm. Knitted and woven are different codes at the six-digit level even where the rate happens to agree, and in all six markets here it does agree with 620443, so on this pair the fabric choice that moves money is cotton versus synthetic, not knitted versus woven.
What falls under 610443
- Women's or girls' dresses, knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibres
- Jersey, ponte, scuba and knit crepe dresses of polyester, nylon or elastane blends
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
620443: Woven synthetic dress
Construction decides the chapter before fibre or garment does. A knitted dress is Chapter 61 and a woven one Chapter 62, and the two carry different rates in most markets. If the fabric stretches because of its loop structure rather than an elastane content, it is knitted.
610990: T-shirts of man-made fibres
A long jersey T shirt shape is still a T shirt if it has the construction of one. A dress of 6104 is cut and made as a dress, and the boundary is genuinely argued at tunic length.
Classification & cost note
Apparel classification runs in a fixed order, and following that order removes most disputes before they start: first knitted or woven, which decides between Chapter 61 and Chapter 62, then the garment, then the fibre that predominates by weight. Importers usually begin from fibre because that is what a supplier tech pack leads with, and that is precisely why knitted synthetic dresses arrive declared under woven codes so often. The predominance test is by weight rather than by cost or by whatever the label emphasises, so a dress marketed on a silk content can still be a synthetic fibre dress for tariff purposes. Because apparel carries some of the highest MFN rates in the schedule, the knitted or woven question is expensive rather than academic, and it is one of the few classification arguments a physical inspection settles in seconds.
Typical products: Polyester jersey wrap dresses · Ponte roma shift dresses · Nylon and elastane bodycon dresses · Knitted midi dresses in recycled polyester
What the notes to section XI say
Chapter 61 sits in section XI, textiles and textile articles, where a section note governs every chapter in the section and applies before the heading notes below; the 10 reaching chapter 61 name no heading this site holds a code under, and they are quoted whole on the chapter 61 page, read from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/sections/11 on 2026-09-08.
What the nomenclature says about heading 6104
610443 is a subheading of 6104, women's or girls' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear), knitted or crocheted , and this site holds one other code under the same heading, which every rule below governs equally.
One numbered note to chapter 61 takes heading 6104 as its own subject, and it is quoted below in full, as published.
Note 3 to chapter 61
For the purposes of heading 6103 and 6104:
a. the term 'suit' means a set of garments composed of two or three pieces made up, in respect of their outer surface, in identical fabric and comprising:
one suit coat or jacket the outer shell of which, exclusive of sleeves, consists of four or more panels, designed to cover the upper part of the body, possibly with a tailored waistcoat in addition whose front is made from the same fabric as the outer surface of the other components of the set and whose back is made from the same fabric as the lining of the suit coat or jacket; and
one garment designed to cover the lower part of the body and consisting of trousers, breeches or shorts (other than swimwear), a skirt or a divided skirt, having neither braces nor bibs.
All of the components of a 'suit' must be of the same fabric construction, colour and composition; they must also be of the same style and of corresponding or compatible size. However, these components may have piping (a strip of fabric sewn into the seam) in a different fabric.
If several separate components to cover the lower part of the body are presented together (for example, two pairs of trousers or trousers and shorts, or a skirt or divided skirt and trousers), the constituent lower part shall be one pair of trousers or, in the case of women's or girls' suits, the skirt or divided skirt, the other garments being considered separately.
The term 'suit' includes the following sets of garments, whether or not they fulfil all the above conditions:
morning dress, comprising a plain jacket (cutaway) with rounded tails hanging well down at the back and striped trousers;
evening dress (tailcoat), generally made of black fabric, the jacket of which is relatively short at the front, does not close and has narrow skirts cut in at the hips and hanging down behind;
dinner jacket suits, in which the jacket is similar in style to an ordinary jacket (though perhaps revealing more of the shirt-front), but has shiny silk or imitation silk lapels.
b. The term 'ensemble' means a set of garments (other than suits and articles of heading 6107, 6108 or 6109), composed of several pieces made up in identical fabric, put up for retail sale, and comprising:
one garment designed to cover the upper part of the body, with the exception of pullovers which may form a second upper garment in the sole context of twin sets, and of waistcoats which may also form a second upper garment, and
one or two different garments, designed to cover the lower part of the body and consisting of trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches, shorts (other than swimwear), a skirt or a divided skirt.
All of the components of an ensemble must be of the same fabric construction, style, colour and composition; they also must be of corresponding or compatible size. The term 'ensemble' does not apply to track suits or ski suits, of heading 6112.
Read from the notes to chapter 61 published in the UK Trade Tariff by HM Revenue and Customs, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/chapters/61, with the heading title from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/headings/6104, on 2026-09-07, with the whole layer and the reason a heading note is a chapter note set out on the chapter 61 page. These notes are part of the international text of the Harmonized System, so the rule is the same whichever destination a shipment is going to, and it decides classification and never a rate.
Questions about 610443
How do I tell a knitted dress from a woven one?
Look at the fabric structure rather than the stretch. Knitted fabric is built from interlocking loops and will ladder or curl at a cut edge; woven fabric is yarns crossing at right angles and frays instead. Knitted garments are Chapter 61, woven ones Chapter 62.
Which fibre decides the code on a blended dress?
The fibre that predominates by weight, not by value or by marketing. A dress of 60 percent polyester and 40 percent cotton is a synthetic fibre dress. Where no single fibre exceeds half, the tariff has ordering rules that resolve it.
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