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Chapter 63: Other made-up textile articles
Other made-up textile articles, including household linen, curtains, sacks, tarpaulins and worn clothing.
The code this site holds in chapter 63
| Code | What it covers | Markets priced | Duty range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 630260 | Towels and kitchen linen, terry cotton | 6 of 6 | 5% to 17% |
Where this chapter ends
"Made up" is a defined term in the nomenclature rather than an ordinary description, and it turns on whether the article has been finished into something more than a length of fabric. Piece goods stay with the woven and knitted fabrics of the earlier textile chapters however they are eventually going to be used.
The guides in chapter 63 name one code outside it that goods reach when they turn out not to belong here.
- 580110 (chapter 58): Woven pile fabric in the piece, before it is made up
What the notes to section XI say
Chapter 63 sits in section XI, textiles and textile articles, which runs from chapter 50 to chapter 63. A section note governs every chapter in its section, so it stands one layer above the note to chapter 63 below and applies before it.
The nomenclature publishes 15 notes to section XI, and 9 of them reach chapter 63 while 6 do not, because their own words keep them to other chapters. They are quoted here in full, as published, in the order the nomenclature gives them.
Note 1 to section XI
This section does not cover:
a. animal brush-making bristles or hair (heading 0502); horsehair or horsehair waste (heading 0511);
b. human hair or articles of human hair (heading 0501, 6703 or 6704), except filtering or straining cloth of a kind commonly used in oil-presses or the like (heading 5911);
c. cotton linters or other vegetable materials of Chapter 14;
d. asbestos of heading 2524 or articles of asbestos or other products of heading 6812 or 6813;
e. articles of heading 3005 or 3006; yarn used to clean between the teeth (dental floss), in individual retail packages, of heading 3306;
f. sensitised textiles of heading 3701 to 3704;
g. monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm or strip or the like (for example, artificial straw) of an apparent width exceeding 5 mm, of plastics (Chapter 39), or plaits or fabrics or other basketware or wickerwork of such monofilament or strip (Chapter 46);
h. woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics, felt or nonwovens, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, or articles thereof, of Chapter 39;
ij. woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics, felt or nonwovens, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, or articles thereof, of Chapter 40;
k. hides or skins with their hair or wool on (Chapter 41 or 43) or articles of furskin, artificial fur or articles thereof, of heading 4303 or 4304;
l. articles of textile materials of heading 4201 or 4202;
m. products or articles of Chapter 48 (for example, cellulose wadding);
n. footwear or parts of footwear, gaiters or leggings or similar articles of Chapter 64;
o. hairnets or other headgear or parts thereof of Chapter 65;
p. goods of Chapter 67;
q. abrasive-coated textile material (heading 6805) and also carbon fibres or articles of carbon fibres of heading 6815;
r. glass fibres or articles of glass fibres, other than embroidery with glass thread on a visible ground of fabric (Chapter 70);
s. articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, bedding, luminaires and lighting fittings);
t. articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites and nets);
u. articles of Chapter 96 (for example, brushes, travel sets for sewing, slide fasteners, typewriter ribbons, sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers) and napkin liners); or
v. articles of Chapter 97.
This note names chapter 64, chapter 65, chapter 94, chapter 95, which this site also covers.
Note 3 to section XI
(A) For the purposes of this section, and subject to the exceptions in paragraph
(B) below, yarns (single, multiple (folded) or cabled) of the following descriptions are to be treated as 'twine, cordage, ropes and cables':
a. of silk or waste silk, measuring more than 20.000 decitex;
b. of man-made fibres (including yarn of two or more monofilaments of Chapter 54), measuring more than 10.000 decitex;
c. of true hemp or flax:
(1) polished or glazed, measuring 1.429 decitex or more; or
(2) not polished or glazed, measuring more than 20.000 decitex;
d. of coir, consisting of three or more plies;
e. of other vegetable fibres, measuring more than 20.000 decitex; or
f. reinforced with metal thread.
(B) Exceptions:
a. yarn of wool or other animal hair and paper yarn, other than yarn reinforced with metal thread;
b. man-made filament tow of Chapter 55 and multifilament yarn without twist or with a twist of less than five turns per metre of Chapter 54;
c. silk worm gut of heading 5006, and monofilaments of Chapter 54;
d. metallised yarn of heading 5605; yarn reinforced with metal thread is subject to paragraph (A) (f) above; and
e. chenille yarn, gimped yarn and loop wale-yarn of heading 5606.
Note 6 to section XI
For the purposes of this section, the expression 'high-tenacity yarn' means yarn having a tenacity, expressed in cN/tex (centinewtons per tex), greater than the following:
| single yarn of nylon or other polyamides, or of polyesters: | 60 cN/tex, |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
| multiple (folded) or cabled yarn of nylon or other polyamides, or of polyesters: | 53 cN/tex, |
| single, multiple (folded) or cabled yarn of viscose rayon: | 27 cN/tex. |
Note 7 to section XI
For the purposes of this section, the expression 'made up' means:
a. cut otherwise than into squares or rectangles;
b. produced in the finished state, ready for use (or merely needing separation by cutting dividing threads) without sewing or other working (for example, certain dusters, towels, tablecloths, scarf squares, blankets);
c. cut to size and with at least one heat-sealed edge with a visibly tapered or compressed border and the other edges treated as described in any other sub-paragraph of this note, but excluding fabrics, the cut edges of which, have been prevented from unravelling by hot cutting or by other simple means;
d. hemmed or with rolled edges, or with a knotted fringe at any of the edges, but excluding fabrics, the cut edges of which have been prevented from unravelling by whipping or by other simple means;
e. cut to size and having undergone a process of drawn thread work;
f. assembled by sewing, gumming or otherwise (other than piece goods consisting of two or more lengths of identical material joined end to end and piece goods composed of two or more textiles assembled in layers, whether or not padded);
g. knitted or crocheted to shape, whether presented as separate items or in the form of a number of items in the length.
Note 10 to section XI
Elastic products consisting of textile materials combined with rubber threads are classified in this section.
Note 11 to section XI
For the purposes of this section, the expression 'impregnated' includes 'dipped'.
Note 12 to section XI
For the purposes of this section, the expression 'polyamides' includes 'aramids'.
Note 13 to section XI
For the purposes of this section and, where applicable, throughout the nomenclature, the expression 'elastomeric yarn' means filament yarn, including monofilament, of synthetic textile material, other than textured yarn, which does not break on being extended to three times its original length and which returns, after being extended to twice its original length, within a period of five minutes, to a length not greater than one and a half times its original length.
Note 15 to section XI
Subject to Note 1 to Section XI, textiles, garments and other textile articles, incorporating chemical, mechanical or electronic components for additional functionality, whether incorporated as built-in components or within the fibre or fabric, are classified in their respective headings in Section XI provided that they retain the essential character of the goods of this Section.
The 6 left out limit themselves to chapters this one is not among, so they do not govern anything here: note 2 to section XI (chapters 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59) , note 4 to section XI (chapters 50, 51, 52, 54, 55) , note 5 to section XI (chapters 52, 54, 55) , note 8 to section XI (chapters 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60) , note 9 to section XI (chapters 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55) , note 14 to section XI (chapters 61, 62) . They are named rather than dropped, because a rule that does not apply and a rule nobody looked for read the same on a page that shows neither.
The publisher carries 2 further notes to this section under the heading Subheading notes. Those govern subheadings below the six digit level this site answers at, which is a layer down again, so they are not quoted here.
Read from the section notes published in the UK Trade Tariff by HM Revenue and Customs, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/sections/11, on 2026-09-08, and read a second time from the chapter endpoint quoted below, which carries the same section note and has to agree with it. Like the chapter and heading notes, a section note is part of the international text of the Harmonized System, so it decides classification and never a rate.
What the nomenclature excludes
The sentence above is this site's summary. This one is not. Note 2 to chapter 63 sets out what sub-chapter i does not cover, and these are its 2 items as published, with the heading each one sends the goods to. Where a note names a chapter this site also covers, the chapter number is a link.
- (a) goods of Chapters 56 to 62
- (b) worn clothing or other worn articles of heading 6309
Read from the chapter notes published in the UK Trade Tariff by HM Revenue and Customs, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/chapters/63, on 2026-09-07. The first six digits of that nomenclature are the Harmonized System itself and the notes to a chapter are part of its international text, so this is the same note whichever of this site's destinations a shipment is going to. It decides classification and never a rate.
What the notes say about each heading
The note above governs chapter 63 as a whole. Underneath it the same published notes speak about individual four digit headings, and that is the layer a classification usually turns on. This site holds codes under one heading in this chapter. None of them is the subject of a numbered note. The notes say nothing about the other one, which is the published position rather than a gap here.
| Heading | What the nomenclature calls it | Codes here | What the notes say about it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6302 | Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen | 630260 | Not named in the chapter notes |
Read from the same chapter notes quoted above, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/chapters/63, on 2026-09-07, with each heading title read from its own endpoint. The Harmonized System publishes no separate heading notes: its legal text is section notes, chapter notes and subheading notes, and what governs a heading is a chapter note whose subject clause names it. The section notes are quoted at the top of this page, which is the layer above.
What chapter 63 costs to import
The dearest line this site holds in chapter 63 is 630260, towels and kitchen linen, terry cotton, at 17% into Canada. The widest gap between destinations is on 630260, towels and kitchen linen, terry cotton, which runs from 5% to 17% depending on where it lands.
A destination that prices part of a chapter answers for part of it, so this is how much of chapter 63 each one covers, out of 1 code.
| Destination | Codes priced | Duty range in this chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 of 1 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 of 1 | 17% |
| Germany | 1 of 1 | 12% |
| Portugal | 1 of 1 | 12% |
| United Kingdom | 1 of 1 | 12% |
| United States | 1 of 1 | 9.1% |
Third country rates, which is what applies with no trade agreement claimed. Destination tax is charged on top. Each code page carries the reading behind its own figures and the day they were read.