GCC Common Customs Tariff · HS code · HS 4601.99
4601.99.00.00.00: Plaiting materials, plaits & similar products of plaiting materials, bound together in parallel strands or woven in sheets, whether or not being finished articles, n.e.s.
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: GCC Common Customs Tariff, in force from 1 January 2025 · checked on 24 October 2026
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Same subheading in other tariffs
4601.99 Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, whether: other, other
UK Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
EU 1.7% – 4.7% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · average 3% 
Türkiye 1.7% – 4.7% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · average 3% 
USA 2.7% – 3.3% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 3% 
Canada 2.5% – 3% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 2.8% 
Mexico 10% – 15% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 12.5% 
Brazil 10.8% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Argentina 10.8% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Peru 6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Japan 3% – 3.8% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 3.4% 
Taiwan 3.3% – 10% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines · average 6.4% 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia 15% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
Nigeria 20% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Legal notes
Notes
1. In this chapter, the expression ‘plaiting materials’ means materials in a state or form suitable for plaiting, interlacing or similar processes; it includes straw, osier or willow, bamboos, rattans, rushes, reeds, strips of wood, strips of other vegetable material (for example, strips of bark, narrow leaves and raffia or other strips obtained from broad leaves), unspun natural textile fibres, monofilament and strip and the like of plastics and strips of paper, but not strips of leather or composition leather or of felt or nonwovens, human hair, horsehair, textile rovings or yarns, or monofilament and strip and the like of Chapter 54.
2. This chapter does not cover:
(a) wallcoverings of heading 4814;
(b) twine, cordage, ropes or cables, plaited or not (heading 5607);
(c) footwear or headgear or parts thereof of Chapter 64 or 65;
(d) vehicles or bodies for vehicles of basketware (Chapter 87); or
(e) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings).
3. For the purposes of heading 4601, the expression ‘plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, bound together in parallel strands’ means plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, placed side by side and bound together, in the form of sheets, whether or not the binding materials are of spun textile materials.
HS code 4601.99.00.00.00 is a line of the GCC Common Customs Tariff under HS subheading 4601.99 (plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, whether: other, other).
The customs duty is 5%, and quantities are declared in Kilograms.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is 1.7%–4.7%, the Türkiye duty is 1.7%–4.7%, the US duty is 2.7%–3.3%, the Canada duty is 2.5%–3%, the Mexico duty is 10%–15%, the Brazil duty is 10.8%, the Argentina duty is 10.8%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 3%–3.8%, the Taiwan duty is 3.3%–10%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 15% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.
The GCC states imported goods of subheading 4601.99 worth US$3m in 2024.
Questions and answers
What is the GCC import duty for HS code 4601.99.00.00.00?
The customs duty in the GCC Common Customs Tariff is 5%; the supplementary unit is Kilograms. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.