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620520 Chapter 62 · Clothing (woven) Men's shirts, cotton
Six-digit subheading in Clothing (woven), chapter 62 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 7 destination markets.
Anatomy of 620520
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 620520: 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 7 rates below differ on.
What this code covers
Import duty by country
MFN duty rate · 7 countries| Country | Duty | VAT | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺Australia | 5% | 10% | |
| 🇨🇦Canada | 17% | 5% | |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 12% | 19% | |
| 🇮🇳India | 20% | 5% | |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | 12% | 23% | |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 12% | 20% | |
| 🇺🇸United States | 8.7% to 19.7% | 0% | |
| No single rate for United States United States splits this subheading into 2 national tariff lines and they do not all carry the same duty. Two official readings agree the schedule runs from 8.7% to 19.7%, and neither of them names a single rate for the six digit code, so the cell above shows the range rather than a figure from inside it.
Read them at the official tariff. | |||
United States splits this six digit code into national lines that do not all carry the same duty, which is why the cell above shows a range; which line your goods take is a classification decision and it is what decides the duty, so this site shows the range rather than choosing a line for you.
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.
Duty figures on this page have not yet been checked against official tariff schedules and should be treated as estimates.
What that costs: 620520 into United Kingdom
An illustrative consignment of 620520 invoiced at GBP 2,000.00, priced in GBP because a threshold is set in the destination's currency and nothing here is converted.
| Goods value on the invoice | GBP 2,000.00 |
| International freight | GBP 120.00 |
| Cargo insurance | GBP 30.00 |
| Value the duty is charged on, CIF basis | GBP 2,150.00 |
| Duty at 12% | GBP 258.00 |
| United Kingdom tax at 20%, charged on the value plus the duty | GBP 481.60 |
| Total, before commercial charges | GBP 2,889.60 |
And if the consignment were small
United Kingdom relieves customs duty on consignments at or under GBP 135. The 620520 shipment above is over that, so its duty is charged in full. The same code invoiced at exactly GBP 135 with no freight would be charged GBP 0.00 of duty and GBP 27.00 of tax, a total of GBP 162.00. The rate on the 620520 row has not changed; only the charge is relieved. The tax is not simply absent at that value: United Kingdom collects it on the sale instead of at the border, so an overseas seller or marketplace above the registration threshold charges it at checkout. What the relief removes is the charge on arrival, not the tax.
Selling rather than buying? GBP 2,889.60 is what your buyer in United Kingdom pays to take delivery of this consignment, yours to pay if you quote DDP and theirs if you quote DAP: Exporting to United Kingdom 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 620520 on your own numbers in the duty calculator.
How these rates were verified
The markets listed below were read from the official tariff database of the market that charges it. Nothing here is copied from another aggregator. The other rows in the table above are not yet traced to a source, which is why no date is shown over them.
- 🇦🇺AU
- MFN for 620520 AU, read on 2026-09-01 from https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/tariff-classification/current-tariff/schedule-3/section-xi/chapter-62 and again on 2026-09-01 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: 6205.20.00 5%
- 🇨🇦CA
- MFN for 620520 CA, read on 2026-08-31 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/html/00/ch62-eng.html and again on 2026-09-01 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/menu-eng.html. Both returned 17%. 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: 6205.20.00 17%
- 🇩🇪DE 🇵🇹PT
- One reading covers DE and PT, which are priced from the same schedule: Third country duty (EU, via NI Online Tariff) for 620520 DE, read on 2026-08-31 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/xi/commodities/6205200010 and again on 2026-09-01 from https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/results?product=620520&origin=CN&destination=DE. Both returned 12%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 6205200010 12.00 %; 6205200090 12.00 %
- 🇬🇧GB
- Third country duty for 620520 GB, read on 2026-08-31 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/commodities/6205200010 and again on 2026-09-01 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: 6205200010 12.00 %; 6205200090 12.00 %
What falls under 620520
- Men's and boys' woven cotton shirts, including formal, oxford, flannel and casual button-through styles
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
610510: Polo shirts
A polo shirt is knitted, so it is 6105.10 and not 6205.20, even though it has a collar and a button placket and is sold alongside woven shirts. This is one of the highest-frequency errors in menswear entries, and the US rates on the two differ.
620630: Women's cotton blouses
Button orientation is the traditional shorthand, buttons on the wearer's right for menswear, but the nomenclature relies on cut and sizing overall. Chapter 62 Note 9 again sends genuinely ambiguous garments to the women's heading.
Classification & cost note
The US schedule runs from 8.7% to 19.7% on men's cotton woven shirts, and the top of that range is one of the steepest rates in the whole consumer tariff, which is why the knitted-versus-woven distinction is worth checking rather than assuming. A knitted polo goes to 6105.10 and a woven oxford to 6205.20, and the two are not interchangeable even though a retailer lists them side by side. If you are sourcing from a country with an FTA into the US, this is also one of the categories where obtaining a valid certificate of origin repays the effort several times over.
Typical products: Oxford and poplin dress shirts · Cotton flannel and chambray casual shirts · Short-sleeve cotton camp shirts
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 6205
620520 is a subheading of 6205, men's or boys' shirts , and this site holds one other code under the same heading, which every rule below governs equally.
One numbered note to chapter 62 takes heading 6205 as its own subject, and it is quoted below in full, as published.
Note 4 to chapter 62
Headings 6205 and 6206 do not cover garments with pockets below the waist, with a ribbed waistband or other means of tightening at the bottom of the garment. Heading 6205 does not cover sleeveless garments.
“Shirts” and “shirt-blouses” are garments designed to cover the upper part of the body, having long or short sleeves and a full or partial opening starting at the neckline. “Blouses” are loose-fitting garments also designed to cover the upper part of the body but may be sleeveless and with or without an opening at the neckline. “Shirts”, “shirt-blouses” and “blouses” may also have a collar.
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/6205, 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 620520
Is a polo shirt classified under 6205.20?
No. Polo shirts are knitted, which puts them in 6105.10. Subheading 6205.20 covers woven cotton shirts only, and the two attract different US rates.
What is the US duty on men's cotton shirts?
19.7% MFN, which is among the highest rates in the consumer tariff. The EU and UK apply 12% and Australia 5%.
How do I tell a men's shirt from a women's one for customs?
Cut and sizing decide it, with button placement as the traditional indicator. Where a garment genuinely cannot be identified either way, Chapter 62 Note 9 classifies it as women's wear.
Related codes in Chapter 62
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