Code 5516 31 00 · Subheading 5516 31
Final code reached
This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This covers woven fabric in which short regenerated fibres are the predominant fibres but make up less than 85% by weight. It is mainly or exclusively mixed with wool or fine animal hair and is unbleached or bleached.
For example
Official tariff text
Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, mixed principally or solely with wool or fine animal hair, unbleached or bleached
Classification complete
5516 31 00
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 55163100.
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.
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; any country.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
55.16.3100
Unbleached or bleached
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.
5516 31 00 00
Unbleached or bleached
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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 woven fabric predominantly containing short polyester fibres, mainly mixed with combed wool or combed fine animal hair, whereas this code concerns short regenerated fibres and does not state the combed-fibre qualifier.
That code covers woven fabric predominantly containing short polyester fibres, mainly mixed with combed wool or combed fine animal hair, and is for fabric that is dyed, made from yarns of different colours or printed; this code is for short regenerated fibres and unbleached or bleached fabric.
That code covers woven fabric predominantly containing short polyester fibres and not mainly or exclusively mixed with wool or fine animal hair, while this code concerns short regenerated fibres mainly or exclusively mixed with wool or fine animal hair.
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.
Create a free account to keep the customs codes you care about in one place, and come back to them whenever you need them.