GCC Common Customs Tariff · HS code · HS 5308.20
5308.20.00.00.00: True hemp yarn.
✓ 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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Importing into GCC
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Same subheading in other tariffs
5308.20 Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn: true hemp yarn
UK Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
EU 3% – 4.9% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 4% 
Türkiye 3% – 4.9% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 4% 
USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Mexico 25% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Brazil 18% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Argentina 14% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Peru Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Japan 2% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan 3% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Nigeria 10% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Binding rulings for similar goods
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
Legal notes
Additional note
1.
(A) For the purposes of subheadings 53061090, 53062090 and 53082090, the expression ‘put up for retail sale’ in relation to yarn (single, multiple or cabled) means, subject to the exceptions in paragraph (B) below, yarn put up:
(a) in balls or on cards, reels, tubes or similar supports, of a weight (including support) not exceeding 200 grams;
(b) in hanks or skeins of a weight not exceeding 125 grams;
(c) in hanks or skeins comprising several smaller hanks or skeins separated by dividing threads which render them independent one of the other, each of uniform weight not exceeding 125 grams.
(B) Exceptions:
(a) multiple or cabled yarn, unbleached, in hanks or skeins;
(b) multiple or cabled yarn, put up:
(1) in cross-reeled hanks or skeins; or
(2) put up on supports or in some other manner indicating its use in the textile industry (for example, on cops, twisting mill tubes, pirns, conical bobbins or spindles, or reeled in the form of cocoons for embroidery looms).
In the GCC Common Customs Tariff, 5308.20.00.00.00 is one of 1 line under subheading 5308.20, yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn: true hemp yarn.
The customs duty is 5%, and quantities are declared in Kilograms.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is 3%–4.9%, the Türkiye duty is 3%–4.9%, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 25%, the Brazil duty is 18%, the Argentina duty is 14%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 2%, the Taiwan duty is 3%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 10%.
The GCC states imported goods of subheading 5308.20 worth US$10k in 2024.
Questions and answers
What is the GCC import duty for HS code 5308.20.00.00.00?
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.