HS chapter 51: Wool, fine or coarse animal hair
Chapter 51 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, with the official text of every heading in it and their 6-digit subheadings.
Official description
51WOOL, FINE OR COARSE ANIMAL HAIR; HORSEHAIR YARN AND WOVEN FABRIC
- Headings (4 digits)
- 13
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 38
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 60
Headings in chapter 51
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Wool, neither carded nor combed
- 5101 11 Greasy, including fleece-washed wool | Shorn wool
- 5101 19 Greasy, including fleece-washed wool | Other
- 5101 21 Degreased, not carbonised | Shorn wool
- 5101 29 Degreased, not carbonised | Other
- 5101 30 Carbonised
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Fine or coarse animal hair, neither carded nor combed (excl. wool, hair and bristles used in the manufacture of brooms and brushes, and horsehair from the mane or tail)
- 5102 11 Fine animal hair | Of Kashmir (cashmere) goats
- 5102 19 Fine animal hair | Other
- 5102 20 Coarse animal hair
- 5103Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste but excluding garnetted stock
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, incl. yarn waste (excl. garnetted stock, waste of hair and bristles used in the manufacture of brooms and brushes, and of horsehair from the mane or tail)
- 5103 10 Noils of wool or of fine animal hair
- 5103 20 Other waste of wool or of fine animal hair
- 5103 30 Waste of coarse animal hair
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Garnetted stock of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, neither carded nor combed
- 5104 00 Garnetted stock of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Wool and fine or coarse animal hair, carded or combed, incl. combed wool in fragments
- 5105 10 Carded wool
- 5105 21 Wool tops and other combed wool | Combed wool in fragments
- 5105 29 Wool tops and other combed wool | Other
- 5105 31 Fine animal hair, carded or combed | Of Kashmir (cashmere) goats
- 5105 39 Fine animal hair, carded or combed | Other
- 5105 40 Coarse animal hair, carded or combed
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Carded wool yarn (excl. that put up for retail sale)
- 5106 10 Containing 85 % or more by weight of wool
- 5106 20 Containing less than 85 % by weight of wool
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Yarn of combed wool (excl. that put up for retail sale)
- 5107 10 Containing 85 % or more by weight of wool
- 5107 20 Containing less than 85 % by weight of wool
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Carded or combed yarn of fine animal hair (excl. that of wool or that put up for retail sale)
- 5108 10 Carded
- 5108 20 Combed
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Yarn of wool or fine animal hair, put up for retail sale
- 5109 10 Containing 85 % or more by weight of wool or of fine animal hair
- 5109 90 Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Yarn of coarse animal hair or of horsehair, incl. gimped horsehair yarn, whether or not put up for retail sale (excl. horsehair and yarn not joined together)
- 5110 00 Yarn of coarse animal hair or of horsehair (including gimped horsehair yarn), whether or not put up for retail sale
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics of carded wool or of carded fine animal hair (excl. fabrics for technical use of heading 5911)
- 5111 11 Containing 85 % or more by weight of wool or of fine animal hair | Of a weight not exceeding 300 g/m2
- 5111 19 Containing 85 % or more by weight of wool or of fine animal hair | Other
- 5111 20 Other, mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments
- 5111 30 Other, mixed mainly or solely with man-made staple fibres
- 5111 90 Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics of combed wool or of combed fine animal hair (excl. fabrics for technical purposes of heading 5911)
- 5112 11 Containing 85 % or more by weight of wool or of fine animal hair | Of a weight not exceeding 200 g/m2
- 5112 19 Containing 85 % or more by weight of wool or of fine animal hair | Other
- 5112 20 Other, mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments
- 5112 30 Other, mixed mainly or solely with man-made staple fibres
- 5112 90 Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics of coarse animal hair or of horsehair (excl. fabrics for technical uses of heading 5911)
- 5113 00 Woven fabrics of coarse animal hair or of horsehair
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.