HS code 5308: Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres
Heading 5308 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 53, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
5308Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn
Place in the nomenclature: 53 Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn > 5308
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Yarn of vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn (excl. flax yarn, yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading 5303 and cotton yarn)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 3
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 7
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 5308
- 5308 10Coir yarn
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Coconut "coir" yarn
- 5308 10 00 Coir yarn
- 5308 20True hemp yarn
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Hemp yarn
- 5308 20 10 Not put up for retail sale
- 5308 20 90 Put up for retail sale
- 5308 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Yarn of vegetable textile fibres (excl. flax yarn, yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading 5303, coconut "coir" yarn, hemp yarn and cotton yarn)
- 5308 90 12 Ramie yarn | Measuring 277,8 decitex or more (not exceeding 36 metric number)
- 5308 90 19 Ramie yarn | Measuring less than 277,8 decitex (exceeding 36 metric number)
- 5308 90 50 Paper yarn
- 5308 90 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.