HS chapter 56: Wadding, felt and nonwovens
Chapter 56 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, with the official text of every heading in it and their 6-digit subheadings.
Official description
56WADDING, FELT AND NONWOVENS; SPECIAL YARNS; TWINE, CORDAGE, ROPES AND CABLES AND ARTICLES THEREOF
- Headings (4 digits)
- 9
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 30
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 59
Headings in chapter 56
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof; textile fibres with a length of <= 5 mm "flock", textile dust and mill neps (excl. wadding and articles thereof impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes, and products impregnated, coated or covered with perfumes, cosmetics, soaps etc.)
- 5601 21 Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof | Of cotton
- 5601 22 Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof | Of man-made fibres
- 5601 29 Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof | Other
- 5601 30 Textile flock and dust and mill neps
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s.
- 5602 10 Needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics
- 5602 21 Other felt, not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated | Of wool or fine animal hair
- 5602 29 Other felt, not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated | Of other textile materials
- 5602 90 Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s.
- 5603 11 Of man-made filaments | Weighing not more than 25 g/m2
- 5603 12 Of man-made filaments | Weighing more than 25 g/m2 but not more than 70 g/m2
- 5603 13 Of man-made filaments | Weighing more than 70 g/m2 but not more than 150 g/m2
- 5603 14 Of man-made filaments | Weighing more than 150 g/m2
- 5603 91 Other | Weighing not more than 25 g/m2
- 5603 92 Other | Weighing more than 25 g/m2 but not more than 70 g/m2
- 5603 93 Other | Weighing more than 70 g/m2 but not more than 150 g/m2
- 5603 94 Other | Weighing more than 150 g/m2
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Textile-covered rubber thread and cord; textile yarn, strip and the like of heading 5404 and 5405, impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics (excl. imitation catgut, thread and cord with fish-hook attachments or otherwise put up as fishing line)
- 5604 10 Rubber thread and cord, textile covered
- 5604 90 Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Metallised yarn, whether or not gimped, being textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading 5404 or 5405, of textile fibres, combined with metal in the form of thread, strip or powder or covered with metal (excl. yarns manufactured from a mixture of textile fibres and metal fibres, with anti-static properties; yarns reinforced with metal wire; articles with the character of trimmings)
- 5605 00 Metallised yarn, whether or not gimped, being textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading 5404 or 5405, combined with metal in the form of thread, strip or powder or covered with metal
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Gimped yarn, gimped strip and the like of heading 5404 or 5405; chenille yarn, incl. flock chenille yarn, and loop wale-yarn (excl. metal yarn and metallised yarn of heading 5605; gimped horsehair yarn; textile-covered rubber thread; twine, cord and other gimped textile products of heading 5808; gimped metal yarn)
- 5606 00 Gimped yarn, and strip and the like of heading 5404 or 5405, gimped (other than those of heading 5605 and gimped horsehair yarn); chenille yarn (including flock chenille yarn); loop wale-yarn
- 5607 21 Of sisal or other textile fibres of the genus Agave | Binder or baler twine
- 5607 29 Of sisal or other textile fibres of the genus Agave | Other
- 5607 41 Of polyethylene or polypropylene | Binder or baler twine
- 5607 49 Of polyethylene or polypropylene | Other
- 5607 50 Of other synthetic fibres
- 5607 90 Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Knotted netting of twine, cordage or rope, by the piece or metre; made-up fishing nets and other made-up nets, of textile materials (excl. hairnets, nets for sporting purposes, incl. landing nets, butterfly nets and the like)
- 5608 11 Of man-made textile materials | Made-up fishing nets
- 5608 19 Of man-made textile materials | Other
- 5608 90 Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Articles of yarn, strip or the like of heading 5404 or 5405, or of twine, cordage, ropes or cables of heading 5607, n.e.s.
- 5609 00 Articles of yarn, strip or the like of heading 5404 or 5405, twine, cordage, rope or cables, not elsewhere specified or included
Not sure which code fits your product?
Describe the product and the HS code finder suggests a code from the official nomenclature, with its path and up to 2 alternatives.
Not a binding classification
These pages show the official texts for reference. They are not a binding classification: check the code with your customs broker, or ask your customs authority for Binding Tariff Information (BTI).
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.