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620463 Chapter 62 · Clothing (woven) Women's trousers, synthetic fibres, woven
Six-digit subheading in Clothing (woven), chapter 62 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 5 destination markets.
Anatomy of 620463
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 620463: ten digits in the United Kingdom, eight in the European Union, and the first six the same everywhere. Which trailing digits apply is what the 5 rates below differ on.
What this code covers
Import duty by country
MFN duty rate · 5 countries| Country | Duty | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺Australia | 5% | 10% |
| 🇨🇦Canada | 18% | 5% |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 12% | 19% |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | 12% | 23% |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 12% | 20% |
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: 620463 into Germany
An illustrative consignment of 620463 invoiced at EUR 2,000.00, priced in EUR because a threshold is set in the destination's currency and nothing here is converted.
| Goods value on the invoice | EUR 2,000.00 |
| International freight | EUR 120.00 |
| Cargo insurance | EUR 30.00 |
| Value the duty is charged on, CIF basis | EUR 2,150.00 |
| Duty at 12% | EUR 258.00 |
| Germany tax at 19%, charged on the value plus the duty | EUR 457.52 |
| Total, before commercial charges | EUR 2,865.52 |
And if the consignment were small
Germany relieves nothing: the relief was abolished, so the duty above is charged whatever the consignment is worth. A smaller shipment pays less because the value is lower, not because a threshold spared it.
Selling rather than buying? EUR 2,865.52 is what your buyer in Germany pays to take delivery of this consignment, yours to pay if you quote DDP and theirs if you quote DAP: Exporting to Germany 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 620463 on your own numbers in the duty calculator.
How these rates were verified
Rates last verified 7 September 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.
- 🇬🇧GB
- Third country duty for 620463 GB, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/commodities/6204631100 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reference-document-for-the-customs-tariff-establishment-eu-exit-regulations-2020. Both returned 12%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 6204631100 12.00 %; 6204631810 12.00 %; 6204631890 12.00 %; 6204633100 12.00 %; 6204633910 12.00 %; 6204633990 12.00 %; 6204639010 12.00 %; 6204639090 12.00 %
- 🇨🇦CA
- MFN for 620463 CA, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/html/00/ch62-eng.html and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/menu-eng.html. Both returned 18%. The Canada Border Services Agency is the only body that publishes this schedule. The Department of Justice publishes the Act and refers readers to the Agency for the schedule itself, so both readings are the Agency's, taken from two different products. Retrieved text: 6204.63.00 18%
- 🇦🇺AU
- MFN for 620463 AU, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/tariff-classification/current-tariff/schedule-3/section-xi/chapter-62 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A04997/latest/text. Both returned 5%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 6204.63.00 5%
- 🇩🇪DE 🇵🇹PT
- One reading covers DE and PT, which are priced from the same schedule: Third country duty (EU, via NI Online Tariff) for 620463 DE, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/xi/commodities/6204631100 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/results?product=620463&origin=CN&destination=DE. Both returned 12%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 6204631100 12.00 %; 6204631810 12.00 %; 6204631890 12.00 %; 6204633100 12.00 %; 6204633910 12.00 %; 6204633990 12.00 %; 6204639010 12.00 %; 6204639090 12.00 %
Markets with no figure recorded
United States: United States splits 6204.63 into 13 tariff lines and they do not carry the same rate: the schedule returned 0 to 28.6%. A single percentage cannot represent that honestly, so no United States figure is recorded and the calculator falls back to its disclosed category average.
Re-check first: Synthetic fibres distinguish this from the cotton trousers at 620462. The United Kingdom charges all eight of its lines at the same rate, industrial, batik-printed and other alike, while the United States lines under the same subheading do not agree.
What falls under 620463
- Women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres, woven
- Woven polyester and synthetic blend trousers, tailored shorts and culottes
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
620443: Woven synthetic dresses
A culotte or divided skirt has two legs and is trousers, while a skort with a panel across the front is argued either way. The test is whether the garment is constructed with separate leg openings, and a photograph of the inside settles most cases faster than the description does.
620462: Cotton woven trousers
Where a garment is a polyester and cotton blend the subheading turns on which fibre predominates by weight. Suppliers habitually quote the fibre the brand markets, and a stated composition by weight on the invoice is the only reliable input.
Classification & cost note
The trouser subheadings are wider than their name suggests: bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts all travel with trousers rather than getting lines of their own, which is why a workwear range and a tailoring range can share a code. What separates suits and ensembles from this subheading is worth knowing, because a garment presented as part of a suit is classified as a suit and not as its components, and a matching jacket and trouser shipped together in the same size ratio can be treated as ensembles rather than as separates. That has caught importers who ship co-ordinates deliberately. As with all apparel, the order of questions is construction, then garment, then predominant fibre by weight, and the answer to the first is the one a physical inspection resolves immediately.
Typical products: Woven polyester tailored trousers · Synthetic blend wide leg trousers · Technical woven walking trousers · Woven culottes and cropped trousers · Tailored synthetic shorts · Bib and brace overalls in woven synthetics
What the notes to section XI say
Chapter 62 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 62 name no heading this site holds a code under, and they are quoted whole on the chapter 62 page, read from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/sections/11 on 2026-09-08.
What the nomenclature says about heading 6204
620463 is a subheading of 6204, women's or girls' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear) , and this site holds 3 other codes under the same heading, which every rule below governs equally.
One numbered note to chapter 62 takes heading 6204 as its own subject, and it is quoted below in full, as published.
Note 3 to chapter 62
For the purposes of heading 6203 and 6204:
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 6207 or 6208) 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 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 6211.
Read from the notes to chapter 62 published in the UK Trade Tariff by HM Revenue and Customs, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/chapters/62, with the heading title from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/headings/6204, on 2026-09-07, with the whole layer and the reason a heading note is a chapter note set out on the chapter 62 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 620463
Are shorts classified with trousers?
Yes. The trouser subheadings expressly cover trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts together, so tailored shorts share a code with full length trousers of the same fibre and construction.
Are culottes trousers or a skirt?
Trousers, where the garment has two separate leg openings. A skort with a front panel concealing the division is genuinely argued, and the internal construction rather than the outward appearance decides it.
What happens if trousers ship with a matching jacket?
Presented together as a suit or ensemble they can be classified as that rather than as separate garments, which changes the code. Shipping co-ordinates in matched size ratios is what usually raises the question.
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