HS code 5601: Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof
Heading 5601 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 56, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
5601Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof; textile fibres, not exceeding 5 mm in length (flock), textile dust and mill neps
Place in the nomenclature: 56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof > 5601
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.)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 4
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 6
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 5601
- 5601 21Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof | Of cotton
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Wadding of cotton and articles thereof (excl. sanitary towels and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar sanitary articles, 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, detergents, etc.)
- 5601 21 10 Absorbent
- 5601 21 90 Other
- 5601 22Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof | Of man-made fibres
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Wadding of man-made fibres and articles thereof (excl. sanitary towels and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar sanitary articles, 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, detergents etc.)
- 5601 22 10 Rolls of a diameter not exceeding 8 mm
- 5601 22 90 Other
- 5601 29Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof (excl. of cotton or man-made fibres; sanitary towels and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar sanitary articles, wadding and articles thereof, impregnated or covered with medicated substances or put up for retail for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes, or impregnated, coated or covered with perfumes, make-up, soaps, cleansing agents, etc.)
- 5601 29 00 Other
- 5601 30Textile flock and dust and mill neps
- 5601 30 00 Textile flock and dust and mill neps
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.