EU Combined Nomenclature · CN code · HS 5515.21

5515 21 90: Mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments: other

5515 Other woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres:
Of acrylic or modacrylic staple fibres:
5515 21 Mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments:
5515 21 90 Other

Country of origin

What you pay

Importing into EU

Customs duty 8% standard rate depends on the country of origin

Additional duties and charges 5 additional measures Import requirements: 4

VAT standard rate of the member state of import, 17% to 27%

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Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Additional duties and charges 6

Duty suspensionSuspension - goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms Free
Applies to goods from
all countries

Legal act
Regulation 2658/87
Documents
- C990 End use authorisation ships and platforms (Column 8c, Annex A of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446)
Duty suspensionAirworthiness tariff suspension Free
Applies to goods from
all countries

Legal act
Regulation 1517/18
Documents
- C119 Authorised Release Certificate — EASA Form 1 (Appendix I to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012), or equivalent certificate
Tariff quotaNon preferential tariff quota Free

Applies to goods from
all countries

In force
until 31 August 2027

Legal act
Regulation 0032/00
Duty on low-value parcelsLow-value consignment customs duty 3 EUR

Applies to goods from
all countries

In force
until 31 October 2026

Legal act
Regulation 0382/26
Duty on low-value parcelsLow-value consignment customs duty 3 EUR
Applies to goods from
all countries

In force
from 1 November 2026

Legal act
Regulation 0382/26
Documents
- C127 Merchant product identifier
- C128 Non-standardised manufacturer product identifier
- C129 Standardised manufacturer product identifier
- Y081 No standardised manufacturer product identifier for the declared product exists
Handling feeUnion handling fee 2 EUR
Applies to goods from
all countries

In force
from 1 November 2026

Legal act
Regulation 2108/26
Documents
- Y126 Goods sold in distance sales

Import requirements 4

Import controlEntry into free circulation (quantitative limitation)
Applies to goods from
North Korea

Legal act
Regulation 0936/15
Documents
- L079 Textile products: import licence
Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
Applies to goods from
North Korea

Legal act
Regulation 1836/17
Documents
- Y084 Derogation from import prohibition by virtue of Article 16i (1) of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1509
Import control
Applies to goods from
Ukraine

Legal act
Regulation 0692/14
Documents
- Y997 Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
- N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
- N954 Movement certificate EUR.1
Import control
Applies to goods from
Ukraine

Legal act
Regulation 0263/22
Documents
- Y984 Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
- N954 Movement certificate EUR.1
- N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or scheme	Countries	Rate
standard rate (no agreement)	—	8%
GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms)	Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 42 more Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia	Free
CARIFORUM	Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 more Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago	Free
OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories)	Antarctica, Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao and 8 more Antarctica, Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Greenland, New Caledonia, Sint Maarten, St Barthélemy, St Pierre & Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna	Free
GSP+ (incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance)	Bolivia, Cape Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and 4 more Bolivia, Cape Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan	Free
Central America	Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama	Free
SADC EPA	Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia	Free
EEA - European Economic Area	Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway	Free
Eastern and Southern Africa States	Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe	Free
EU–Andorra customs union	Andorra	Free
EU–Albania agreement	Albania	Free
EU–Bosnia & Herzegovina agreement	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Free
EU–Canada agreement	Canada	Free
EU–Switzerland agreement	Switzerland	Free
EU–Côte d’Ivoire agreement	Côte d’Ivoire	Free
EU–Chile agreement	Chile	Free
EU–Cameroon agreement	Cameroon	Free
EU–Colombia agreement	Colombia	Free
EU–Algeria agreement	Algeria	Free
EU–Ecuador agreement	Ecuador	Free
EU–Egypt agreement	Egypt	Free
Preferential origin in accordance with the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part.	Western Sahara	Free
EU–Fiji agreement	Fiji	Free
EU–Faroe Islands agreement	Faroe Islands	Free
EU–United Kingdom agreement	United Kingdom	Free
EU–Georgia agreement	Georgia	Free
EU–Ghana agreement	Ghana	Free
EU–Israel agreement	Israel	Free
EU–Jordan agreement	Jordan	Free
EU–Japan agreement	Japan	Free
EU–Kenya agreement	Kenya	Free
EU–South Korea agreement	South Korea	Free
EU–Lebanon agreement	Lebanon	Free
EU–Morocco agreement	Morocco	Free
EU–Moldova agreement	Moldova	Free
EU–Montenegro agreement	Montenegro	Free
EU–North Macedonia agreement	North Macedonia	Free
EU–Mexico agreement	Mexico	Free
EU–New Zealand agreement	New Zealand	Free
EU–Peru agreement	Peru	Free
EU–Papua New Guinea agreement	Papua New Guinea	Free
EU–Palestinian Territories agreement	Palestinian Territories	Free
EU–Serbia agreement	Serbia	Free
EU–Singapore agreement	Singapore	Free
EU–San Marino customs union	San Marino	Free
EU–Syria agreement	Syria	Free
EU–Tunisia agreement	Tunisia	Free
EU–Türkiye customs union	Türkiye	Free
EU–Ukraine agreement	Ukraine	Free
EU–United States agreement	United States	Free
EU–Vietnam agreement	Vietnam	Free
EU–Samoa agreement	Samoa	Free
EU–Kosovo agreement	Kosovo	Free
EU–South Africa agreement	South Africa	Free
GSP - General arrangements	Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Indonesia, Micronesia and 4 more Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Indonesia, Micronesia, Nigeria, Niue, Tajikistan, Vanuatu	6.4%
Mercosur	Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay	7.1%

EU: imports by month · HS 5515.21

last 12 months€4m+15.5% · previous 12 months

Average import price€11.43 per kg

Preferential rate55%55% entered at a preferential rate

Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Türkiye	€3.1m	78.4%	+14.6%
China	€514k	13%	-4.7%
United Kingdom	€106k	2.7%	+164.3%
United States	€81k	2%	+63.4%
India	€68k	1.7%	+584.5%
Switzerland	€39k	1%	+432.1%
Norway	€11k	0.3%	+42.4%
Pakistan	€10k	0.2%	-49.8%

Same subheading in other tariffs

5515.21 Mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments

UK 8% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines

Türkiye 8% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines

USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line

EU lines: 5515.21

CN code 5515 21 90 is a line of the EU Combined Nomenclature under HS subheading 5515.21 (mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments).

The third-country duty is 8%, and quantities are declared in m2.

140 countries pay no duty in the EU thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as GSP-EBA and CARIFORUM, against a standard rate of 8%.

Imports of goods of subheading 5515.21 into the EU came to €4m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 16% on the year before); Türkiye supplied 78%, followed by China.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is 8%, the Türkiye duty is 8% and the US duty is free.

EU member states imported goods of subheading 5515.21 worth US$19.2m in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was Türkiye.

Questions and answers

What is the EU import duty for CN code 5515 21 90?

The third-country duty in the EU Combined Nomenclature is 8%; the supplementary unit is m2. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which countries get a lower rate on 5515 21 90?

152 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 140 of them at 0%, under GSP-EBA, CARIFORUM and OCTs and other arrangements. The rate applies only to goods that meet the rules of origin of the agreement, with proof of origin. Choose the country of origin on this page to see its rate.

Where does the EU import these goods from?

For subheading 5515.21 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was Türkiye (US$1.1m).