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620530 Chapter 62 · Clothing (woven) Men's shirts, man-made fibres, woven
Six-digit subheading in Clothing (woven), chapter 62 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 6 destination markets.
Anatomy of 620530
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 620530: 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 | Not a % | 0% | |
| Official duty for United States
Read it at the official tariff. | |||
United States charges this code by the hectolitre, the item or the kilogram rather than on its value, sometimes alongside a percentage, which is why the duty column reads Not a % there; a charge of that kind cannot be shown as a single percentage, so none is shown, the calculator does not estimate it, and the official wording is under each of those rows.
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: 620530 into United Kingdom
An illustrative consignment of 620530 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 620530 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 620530 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 620530 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.
- 🇺🇸US
- HTS General for 620530 US, read on 2026-09-07 from https://hts.usitc.gov/search?query=6205.30 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=62&to=63&format=CSV&styles=false. Both returned the official wording "12.2% ; 49.6¢/kg + 19.7% ; 29.1¢/kg + 25.9%". The United States International Trade Commission is the only body that publishes this schedule. The second reading was taken in a different format to check the reading, not to corroborate the schedule, because there is no second schedule to corroborate it against. Retrieved text: 6205.30.10.00 12.2%; 6205.30.15 49.6¢/kg + 19.7%; 6205.30.20 29.1¢/kg + 25.9%
- 🇬🇧GB
- Third country duty for 620530 GB, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/commodities/6205300000 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: 6205300000 12.00 %
- 🇨🇦CA
- MFN for 620530 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: 6205.30.00 18%
- 🇦🇺AU
- MFN for 620530 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: 6205.30.00 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 620530 DE, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/xi/commodities/6205300000 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/results?product=620530&origin=CN&destination=DE. Both returned 12%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 6205300000 12.00 %
Re-check first: Every United States line here is either a certified hand-loomed rate or a charge per kilogram on top of a percentage, so no single percentage covers the subheading. Wool at 36 percent or more by weight moves the goods to a line of their own again.
What falls under 620530
- Men's or boys' shirts of man-made fibres, woven
- Woven polyester and synthetic blend formal and casual shirts
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
620520: Cotton woven shirts
Formal shirting is very often a polyester and cotton blend, and the subheading follows whichever fibre predominates by weight. Easy care finishes are usually associated with a higher synthetic content, so a shirt marketed as non iron is more often in this subheading than in the cotton one.
610510: Knitted shirts
Construction decides the chapter. A woven shirt in synthetic fabric is 6205.30, and a knitted one is in Chapter 61, so a range containing both a poplin shirt and a jersey shirt spans two chapters even where the fibre is identical.
Classification & cost note
The live question in this subheading is the overshirt, and it has grown with the fashion for shirt jackets. A shirt is classified as a shirt while it remains a shirt in construction, and it becomes a jacket of heading 6201 or 6211 when it is made to be worn as an outer layer: weight of fabric, lining, pocket construction and whether the garment is cut to be worn over other clothing all bear on it. Nothing about the name settles it, since the trade calls the whole category shackets. The other everyday issue is more mundane and costs more money in aggregate: shirts are the garment most often supplied with a spare button, a collar stiffener and a hanger, and where those are presented with the garment they are classified with it rather than separately, while hangers shipped in bulk on their own are a different article entirely.
Typical products: Woven polyester formal shirts · Non iron synthetic blend business shirts · Woven microfibre casual shirts · Short sleeved synthetic work shirts · Woven shirts in polyester and viscose blends · Patterned woven synthetic overshirts
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
620530 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 620530
When does a shirt become a jacket?
When it is constructed to be worn as an outer layer over other clothing. Fabric weight, lining and pocket construction carry the argument, and the retail name shacket settles nothing either way.
Which subheading does a polyester and cotton shirt take?
The one for the fibre predominating by weight. Easy care and non iron shirts usually carry the higher synthetic content, which puts them here rather than with cotton shirts.
Are hangers and spare buttons classified separately?
Not when presented with the garment; they are classified with it. Hangers shipped in bulk on their own are a separate article and take their own code.
How is a shirt boxed with a tie classified?
As a set put up for retail sale, taking the essential character of the set, which is normally the shirt. Where the two are simply shipped in the same carton for separate sale, they are two articles and the tie takes its own code in Chapter 62.
Related codes in Chapter 62
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