Code 5007 20 31 · Subheading 5007 20
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This code covers woven pongée, habutai, honan, shantung, corah and similar East Asian fabrics that are wholly natural silk and have a taffeta weave. They must not be unbleached or only boiled-off, and must not be mixed with schappe or bourette silk.
For example
Official tariff text
Pongee, habutai, honan, shantung, corah and similar far eastern fabrics, wholly of silk, plain-woven (excl. unbleached or not further processed than scoured, and those mixed with noil or other silk waste or with other textile materials)
Classification complete
5007 20 31
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 50072031.
Compare the sibling codes at this level before you settle on this one.
Classification decides the rate here: from 5.3% to 7.5%.
Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.
Preferential rates exist for goods originating in Andorra; San Marino; Türkiye; European Union; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; 52 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseA tariff quota is recorded for this code. This does not say whether any of the quota is still available. It covers goods originating in any country; Silk or cotton handloom products.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseImport restrictions are recorded for goods originating in North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) and Ukraine.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
50.07.2000
Other fabrics, containing 85 % or more by weight of silk or of silk waste other than noil silk
Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.
What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.
All 2 UK lines under this code
They all have the same duty rates shown here.
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
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Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).
Before you use the code
The code can be right while what you pay still changes, because of where the goods come from, when they arrive, or extra EU measures.
Worth comparing
Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
That code covers crepe fabrics; this code covers the named East Asian fabrics in taffeta weave instead.
That code covers the same named East Asian fabrics in taffeta weave when they are unbleached or only boiled-off; this code excludes that condition.
That code covers the same named East Asian fabrics when they do not have a taffeta weave; this code requires a taffeta weave.
Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.
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