HS code 5606: Gimped yarn, and strip and the like
Heading 5606 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
5606Gimped 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
Place in the nomenclature: 56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof > 5606
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)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 1
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 3
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 5606
- 5606 00Gimped 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
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 10 Loop wale-yarn
- 5606 00 91 Other | Gimped yarn
- 5606 00 99 Other | 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.