HS code 5901: Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous
Heading 5901 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 59, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
5901Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer covers of books or the like; tracing cloth; prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar stiffened textile fabrics of a kind used for hat foundations
Place in the nomenclature: 59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use > 5901
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer covers of books, the manufacture of boxes and articles of cardboard or the like; tracing cloth; prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar stiffened textile fabrics of a kind used for hat foundations (excl. plastic-coated textile fabrics)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 2
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 2
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 5901
- 5901 10Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer covers of books or the like
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer covers of books, the manufacture of boxes and articles of cardboard or the like
- 5901 10 00 Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer covers of books or the like
- 5901 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Tracing cloth; prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar stiffened textile fabrics of a kind used for hat foundations (excl. plastic-coated textile fabrics)
- 5901 90 00 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.