HS Code Detail
620920 Chapter 62 · Clothing (woven) Babies' garments, cotton
Six-digit subheading in Clothing (woven), chapter 62 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 4 destination markets.
Anatomy of 620920
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 620920: 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 4 rates below differ on.
What this code covers
Import duty by country
MFN duty rate · 4 countries| Country | Duty | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦Canada | 0% | 5% |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 10.5% | 19% |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | 10.5% | 23% |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 10% | 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: 620920 into Germany
An illustrative consignment of 620920 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 10.5% | EUR 225.75 |
| Germany tax at 19%, charged on the value plus the duty | EUR 451.39 |
| Total, before commercial charges | EUR 2,827.14 |
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 2,827.14 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 620920 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 620920 GB, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/commodities/6209200010 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 10%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 6209200010 10.00 %; 6209200020 10.00 %; 6209200090 10.00 %
- 🇨🇦CA
- MFN for 620920 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 0%. 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: 6209.20.00 Free
- 🇩🇪DE 🇵🇹PT
- One reading covers DE and PT, which are priced from the same schedule: Third country duty (EU, via NI Online Tariff) for 620920 DE, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/xi/commodities/6209200010 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/results?product=620920&origin=CN&destination=DE. Both returned 10.5%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 6209200010 10.50 %; 6209200020 10.50 %; 6209200090 10.50 %
Markets with no figure recorded
United States: United States splits 6209.20 into 4 tariff lines and they do not carry the same rate: the schedule returned 9.3 to 14.9%. A single percentage cannot represent that honestly, so no United States figure is recorded and the calculator falls back to its disclosed category average.
Australia: Australia splits 6209.20 into 3 tariff lines and they do not carry the same rate: the schedule returned 0 to 5%. A single percentage cannot represent that honestly, so no Australia figure is recorded and the calculator falls back to its disclosed category average.
Re-check first: Garments for babies, of cotton, including the glove, sock and residual lines the United Kingdom charges at one rate. The United States splits the same subheading and its lines do not agree, so the destination genuinely changes the answer here.
What falls under 620920
- Babies' garments and clothing accessories of cotton, woven or knitted
- Bodysuits, sleepsuits, bibs, mittens and babies' sets of cotton
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
630260: Hooded baby bath towels
The hooded baby towel is the standing argument in this heading. A square of terry towelling with a hood sewn to a corner is toilet linen of 6302.60; an article cut, shaped and finished as a garment is babies' clothing, even in towelling. Shaping and closures rather than the fabric decide it.
610443: Girls' knitted dresses
Babies' garments are defined by size rather than by garment type, so a knitted dress in a babies' size stays here while the same style in a larger size moves to the ordinary womenswear or girlswear heading. The size cut off is set in the chapter notes and is the first thing to check.
Classification & cost note
Babies' garments are one of the few places in the apparel chapters where the classification is driven by size rather than by construction, and that inverts the usual order of questions. Heading 6209 collects babies' clothing of both woven and knitted construction, so the knitted or woven distinction that decides almost every other garment code does not separate anything here. What matters instead is whether the article falls inside the size definition in the chapter notes, and a range that runs across the boundary will legitimately split across two headings mid way through its size curve. Sets are the second issue: a boxed gift set of several cotton garments is classified as a set on essential character where the items are put up together for retail sale, which usually keeps them on one line rather than several.
Typical products: Cotton bodysuits and vests · Sleepsuits and rompers in cotton jersey · Cotton bibs and mittens · Boxed babies' gift sets of cotton garments
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 6209
620920 is a subheading of 6209, babies' garments and clothing accessories , and it is the only code this site holds under that heading.
One numbered note to chapter 62 takes heading 6209 as its own subject, and it is quoted below in full, as published.
Note 5 to chapter 62
For the purposes of heading 6209:
a. the expression 'babies' garments and clothing accessories' means articles for young children of a body height not exceeding 86cm;
b. articles which are, prima facie, classifiable both in heading 6209 and in other headings of this chapter are to be classified in heading 6209.
One further note to chapter 62 names heading 6209 from elsewhere in its own text, usually to send goods into it or away from it, and the sentence that names it is quoted below.
Note 6 to chapter 62, which is about something else
Garments which are, prima facie, classifiable both in heading 6210 and in other headings of this chapter, excluding heading 6209, are to be classified in heading 6210.
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/6209, 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 620920
Does knitted or woven construction change the code for babies' clothes?
No. Heading 6209 covers babies' garments of both constructions, so the distinction that decides most apparel codes does not separate anything here. Size against the chapter note definition is what matters.
Is a hooded baby bath towel a garment?
Usually not. A square of towelling with a hood attached is toilet linen of 6302.60. It becomes a garment only where it is cut, shaped and finished as one, with the shaping rather than the towelling fabric deciding it.
What size counts as a babies' garment?
The chapter notes set the limit by body height rather than by age or by a retail size label, and the threshold is stated in centimetres. A range that crosses that height will legitimately split between this heading and the ordinary garment headings partway along its size curve, so the cut off should be checked against the note itself.
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