Chapter 56 of the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers wadding, felt, nonwovens, cordage. It holds 9 headings with 55 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 14.1% across 55 lines, plus a per-kg charge on some.
| Heading | Goods | General (MFN) rate, before 301/AD/CVD |
|---|---|---|
| 5601 | Wadding, flock and textile dust Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof; textile fibers, not exceeding 5 mm in length (flock), textile dust and mill neps | General (MFN) rate free to 6.3% on 4 lines |
| 5602 | Felt Felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated | General (MFN) rate free to 12% on 7 lines, some also per kg |
| 5603 | Nonwovens Nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated | General (MFN) rate free on all 11 lines |
| 5604 | Rubber thread and coated yarn Rubber thread and cord, textile covered; textile yarn, and strip and the like of heading 5404 or 5405, impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics | General (MFN) rate 5% to 8.8% on 3 lines |
| 5605 | Metallised yarn Metalized 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… | General (MFN) rate 7.5% to 13.2% on 2 lines |
| 5606 | Gimped and chenille yarn 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… | General (MFN) rate 8% |
| 5607 | Twine, cordage, ropes and cables Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, whether or not plaited or braided and whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics | General (MFN) rate free to 7% on 16 lines, some also per kg |
| 5608 | Netting and fishing nets Knotted netting of twine, cordage or rope; made up fishing nets and other made up nets, of textile materials | General (MFN) rate 5% to 14.1% on 7 lines |
| 5609 | Articles of yarn, twine and rope Articles of yarn, strip or the like of heading 5404 or 5405, twine, cordage, rope or cables, not elsewhere specified or included | General (MFN) rate free to 4.5% on 4 lines |
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.
55 lines in chapter 56. Source: United States International Trade Commission, HTS 2026 Basic Edition, ingested 2026-10-17.