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Chapter 65: Headgear
Headgear and parts of it, covering hats and other headwear whether knitted, felted, plaited or made up from fabric.
The code this site holds in chapter 65
| Code | What it covers | Markets priced | Duty range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 650500 | Hats and caps, knitted or made up from fabric | 5 of 5 | 0% to 12.5% |
Where this chapter ends
How the headgear was made matters more than what it is called. Felted hat bodies, plaited hats and knitted or made-up hats each have their own headings, so two hats of the same shape and the same fibre can take different codes because one was blocked from a felt body and the other was sewn from cloth.
What the notes to section XII say
Chapter 65 sits in section XII, footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair, which runs from chapter 64 to chapter 67. A section note governs every chapter in its section, so it stands one layer above the note to chapter 65 below and applies before it.
The nomenclature publishes no note to section XII at all. That is the published position rather than a gap on this page: the section groups its chapters and leaves the rules to them, so the note to chapter 65 below is the highest one that governs this chapter.
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/12, 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 1 to chapter 65 sets out what this chapter does not cover, and these are its 3 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) worn headgear of heading 6309
- (b) asbestos headgear (heading 6812)
- (c) dolls' hats, other toy hats or carnival articles of Chapter 95 see chapter 95
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/65, 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 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6505 | Hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hairnets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed | 650500 | 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/65, 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 65 costs to import
The dearest line this site holds in chapter 65 is 650500, hats and caps, knitted or made up from fabric, at 12.5% into Canada. 1 of the 5 rates charged on value in this chapter is zero. The widest gap between destinations is on 650500, hats and caps, knitted or made up from fabric, which runs from 0% to 12.5% 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 65 each one covers, out of 1 code.
| Destination | Codes priced | Duty range in this chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 of 1 | 0% |
| Canada | 1 of 1 | 12.5% |
| Germany | 1 of 1 | 2.7% |
| Portugal | 1 of 1 | 2.7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 of 1 | 2% |
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.