HS code 5516: Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres
Heading 5516 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 55, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
5516Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres
Place in the nomenclature: 55 Man-made staple fibres > 5516
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 20
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 21
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 5516
- 5516 11Containing 85 % or more by weight of artificial staple fibres | Unbleached or bleached
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing >= 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, unbleached or bleached
- 5516 11 00 Unbleached or bleached
- 5516 12Containing 85 % or more by weight of artificial staple fibres | Dyed
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing >= 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, dyed
- 5516 12 00 Dyed
- 5516 13Containing 85 % or more by weight of artificial staple fibres | Of yarns of different colours
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing >= 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, made of yarn of different colours
- 5516 13 00 Of yarns of different colours
- 5516 14Containing 85 % or more by weight of artificial staple fibres | Printed
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing >= 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, printed
- 5516 14 00 Printed
- 5516 21Containing less than 85 % by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments | Unbleached or bleached
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres, mixed principally or solely with man-made filament, unbleached or bleached
- 5516 21 00 Unbleached or bleached
- 5516 22Containing less than 85 % by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments | Dyed
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres, mixed principally or solely with man-made filament, dyed
- 5516 22 00 Dyed
- 5516 23Containing less than 85 % by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments | Of yarns of different colours
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres, mixed principally or solely with man-made filament, made of yarn of different colours
- 5516 23 10 Jacquard fabrics of a width of 140 cm or more (mattress tickings)
- 5516 23 90 Other
- 5516 24Containing less than 85 % by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments | Printed
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, mixed principally or solely with man-made filament, printed
- 5516 24 00 Printed
- 5516 31Containing less than 85 % by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair | Unbleached or bleached
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, mixed principally or solely with wool or fine animal hair, unbleached or bleached
- 5516 31 00 Unbleached or bleached
- 5516 32Containing less than 85 % by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair | Dyed
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, mixed principally or solely with wool or fine animal hair, dyed
- 5516 32 00 Dyed
- 5516 33Containing less than 85 % by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair | Of yarns of different colours
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, mixed principally or solely with wool or fine animal hair, made of yarn of different colours
- 5516 33 00 Of yarns of different colours
- 5516 34Containing less than 85 % by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair | Printed
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, mixed principally or solely with wool or fine animal hair, printed
- 5516 34 00 Printed
- 5516 41Containing less than 85 % by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton | Unbleached or bleached
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, mixed principally or solely with cotton, unbleached or bleached
- 5516 41 00 Unbleached or bleached
- 5516 42Containing less than 85 % by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton | Dyed
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, mixed principally or solely with cotton, dyed
- 5516 42 00 Dyed
- 5516 43Containing less than 85 % by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton | Of yarns of different colours
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, mixed principally or solely with cotton, made of yarn of different colours
- 5516 43 00 Of yarns of different colours
- 5516 44Containing less than 85 % by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton | Printed
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, mixed principally or solely with cotton, printed
- 5516 44 00 Printed
- 5516 91Other | Unbleached or bleached
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, other than those mixed principally or solely with cotton, wool, fine animal hair or man-made filament, unbleached or bleached
- 5516 91 00 Unbleached or bleached
- 5516 92Other | Dyed
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, other than those mixed principally or solely with cotton, wool, fine animal hair or man-made filament, dyed
- 5516 92 00 Dyed
- 5516 93Other | Of yarns of different colours
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, other than those mixed principally or solely with cotton, wool, fine animal hair or man-made filament, made of yarn of different colours
- 5516 93 00 Of yarns of different colours
- 5516 94Other | Printed
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% artificial staple fibres by weight, other than those mixed principally or solely with cotton, wool, fine animal hair or man-made filament, printed
- 5516 94 00 Printed
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.