HS code 5202: Cotton waste
Heading 5202 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 52, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
5202Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
Place in the nomenclature: 52 Cotton > 5202
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Cotton waste, incl. yarn waste and garnetted stock
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 3
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 3
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 5202
- 5202 10Yarn waste (including thread waste)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Cotton yarn waste, incl. thread waste
- 5202 10 00 Yarn waste (including thread waste)
- 5202 91Other | Garnetted stock
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Garnetted stock of cotton
- 5202 91 00 Garnetted stock
- 5202 99Other | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Cotton waste (excl. yarn waste, thread waste and garnetted stock)
- 5202 99 00 Other
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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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.