Chapter 51 of the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers wool and animal hair. It holds 13 headings with 101 rated lines; pick the heading your goods sit under to see every line beneath it with its general and preferential rates. The general (MFN) rate runs from free to 25% across 101 lines, or a per-kg rate on some.
| Heading | Goods | General (MFN) rate, before 301/AD/CVD |
|---|---|---|
| 5101 | Raw wool, not carded or combed Wool, not carded or combed | General (MFN) rate free, some per kg |
| 5102 | Fine and coarse animal hair Fine or coarse animal hair, not carded or combed | General (MFN) rate free to 0.4% on 7 lines, some per kg |
| 5103 | Wool and animal hair waste Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste but excluding garnetted stock | General (MFN) rate 7%, some per kg |
| 5104 | Garnetted wool stock Garnetted stock of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair | General (MFN) rate free |
| 5105 | Wool tops, carded or combed Wool and fine or coarse animal hair, carded or combed (including combed wool in fragments) | General (MFN) rate free, some also per kg |
| 5106 | Carded wool yarn Yarn of carded wool, not put up for retail sale | General (MFN) rate 6% on all 2 lines |
| 5107 | Worsted (combed) wool yarn Yarn of combed wool, not put up for retail sale | General (MFN) rate 6% on all 4 lines |
| 5108 | Fine animal hair yarn Yarn of fine animal hair (carded or combed), not put up for retail sale | General (MFN) rate 4% on all 6 lines |
| 5109 | Wool yarn, retail packs Yarn of wool or of fine animal hair, put up for retail sale | General (MFN) rate free to 6% on 8 lines |
| 5110 | Coarse animal hair and horsehair yarn Yarn of coarse animal hair or of horsehair (including gimped horsehair yarn), whether or not put up for retail sale | General (MFN) rate free |
| 5111 | Carded wool woven fabrics Woven fabrics of carded wool or of carded fine animal hair | General (MFN) rate 6.9% to 25% on 16 lines |
| 5112 | Worsted wool woven fabrics Woven fabrics of combed wool or of combed fine animal hair | General (MFN) rate 6.9% to 25% on 16 lines |
| 5113 | Coarse animal hair woven fabrics Woven fabrics of coarse animal hair or of horsehair | General (MFN) rate 2.7% |
This is the schedule, and the schedule is not the whole duty. The rates below are the published United States Harmonized Tariff Schedule for the revision named at the foot of this page. They do not include Section 301 duties, antidumping duties or countervailing duties, and for textiles of some origins those exceed the scheduled rate — a line reading 16.5% can land well above it. Nor is a rate of Free a statement that the goods enter free of charge: it is the general rate only, before any of the above. Which line a particular garment falls under is a classification decision, the difference between two adjacent lines can be several times the duty, and a preferential rate applies only where the goods actually qualify under that agreement’s rules of origin. Check with your broker before quoting a landed price.
101 lines in chapter 51. Source: United States International Trade Commission, HTS 2026 Basic Edition, ingested 2026-10-17.