HS code 5208: Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 %
Heading 5208 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
5208Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2
Place in the nomenclature: 52 Cotton > 5208
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 200 g/m²
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 19
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 31
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 5208
- 5208 11Unbleached | Plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Plain woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 100 g/m², unbleached
- 5208 11 10 Fabrics for the manufacture of bandages, dressings and medical gauzes
- 5208 11 90 Other
- 5208 12Unbleached | Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Plain woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing > 100 g to 200 g/m², unbleached
- 5208 12 16 Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2 but not more than 130 g/m2 and of a width | Not exceeding 165 cm
- 5208 12 19 Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2 but not more than 130 g/m2 and of a width | Exceeding 165 cm
- 5208 12 96 Plain weave, weighing more than 130 g/m2 and of a width | Not exceeding 165 cm
- 5208 12 99 Plain weave, weighing more than 130 g/m2 and of a width | Exceeding 165 cm
- 5208 13Unbleached | 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 200 g/m², in three-thread or four-thread twill, incl. cross twill, unbleached
- 5208 13 00 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill
- 5208 19Unbleached | Other fabrics
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 200 g/m², unbleached (excl. those in three-thread or four-thread twill, incl. cross twill, and plain woven fabrics)
- 5208 19 00 Other fabrics
- 5208 21Bleached | Plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Plain woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 200 g/m², unbleached
- 5208 21 10 Fabrics for the manufacture of bandages, dressings and medical gauzes
- 5208 21 90 Other
- 5208 22Bleached | Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Plain woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing > 100 g to 200 g/m², bleached
- 5208 22 16 Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2 but not more than 130 g/m2 and of a width | Not exceeding 165 cm
- 5208 22 19 Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2 but not more than 130 g/m2 and of a width | Exceeding 165 cm
- 5208 22 96 Plain weave, weighing more than 130 g/m2 and of a width | Not exceeding 165 cm
- 5208 22 99 Plain weave, weighing more than 130 g/m2 and of a width | Exceeding 165 cm
- 5208 23Bleached | 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 200 g/m², in three-thread or four-thread twill, incl. cross twill, bleached
- 5208 23 00 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill
- 5208 29Bleached | Other fabrics
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 200 g/m², bleached (excl. those in three-thread or four-thread twill, incl. cross twill, and plain woven fabrics)
- 5208 29 00 Other fabrics
- 5208 31Dyed | Plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Plain woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 100 g/m², dyed
- 5208 31 00 Plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2
- 5208 32Dyed | Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Plain woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing > 100 g to 200 g/m², dyed
- 5208 32 16 Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2 but not more than 130 g/m2 and of a width | Not exceeding 165 cm
- 5208 32 19 Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2 but not more than 130 g/m2 and of a width | Exceeding 165 cm
- 5208 32 96 Plain weave, weighing more than 130 g/m2 and of a width | Not exceeding 165 cm
- 5208 32 99 Plain weave, weighing more than 130 g/m2 and of a width | Exceeding 165 cm
- 5208 33Dyed | 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 200 g/m², in three-thread or four-thread twill, incl. cross twill, dyed
- 5208 33 00 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill
- 5208 39Dyed | Other fabrics
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 200 g/m², dyed (excl. those in three-thread or four-thread twill, incl. cross twill, and plain woven fabrics)
- 5208 39 00 Other fabrics
- 5208 41Of yarns of different colours | Plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Plain woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 100 g/m², made from yarn of different colours
- 5208 41 00 Plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2
- 5208 42Of yarns of different colours | Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Plain woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing > 100 g to 200 g/m², made from yarn of different colours
- 5208 42 00 Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2
- 5208 43Of yarns of different colours | 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 200 g/m², in three-thread or four-thread twill, incl. cross twill, made from yarn of different colours
- 5208 43 00 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill
- 5208 49Of yarns of different colours | Other fabrics
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 200 g/m², made from yarn of different colours (excl. those in three-thread or four-thread twill, incl. cross twill, and plain woven fabrics)
- 5208 49 00 Other fabrics
- 5208 51Printed | Plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Plain woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 100 g/m², printed
- 5208 51 00 Plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2
- 5208 52Printed | Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Plain woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing > 100 g to 200 g/m², printed
- 5208 52 00 Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2
- 5208 59Printed | Other fabrics
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 200 g/m², printed (excl. plain woven fabrics)
- 5208 59 10 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill
- 5208 59 90 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.