Code 5513 11 20 · Subheading 5513 11
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This code covers plain-woven fabric mainly containing short polyester fibres in a blend mainly or exclusively with cotton. It must contain less than 85% polyester by weight, weigh <= 170 g per m², be unbleached or bleached, and have a width <= 165 cm.
For example
Official tariff text
Plain woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% polyester staple fibres by weight, mixed principally or solely with cotton and weighing <= 170 g/m², unbleached or bleached, with a width of <= 165 cm
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5513 11 20
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 55131120.
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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; 51 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.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseImport restrictions are recorded for goods originating in North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea); Ukraine; Belarus; any country.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
55.13.1100
Of polyester staple fibres, plain weave
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.
5513 11 20 00
Of a width of 165 cm or less
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).
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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.
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Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
It describes the same type of unbleached or bleached plain-woven polyester-and-cotton fabric, but with width > 165 cm instead of width <= 165 cm.
It covers unbleached or bleached plain-woven polyester-and-cotton fabric with weight > 170 g per m², rather than weight <= 170 g per m².
It covers dyed plain-woven polyester-and-cotton fabric with weight > 170 g per m², whereas this code covers unbleached or bleached fabric with weight <= 170 g per m².
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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