Subheading · Chapter 56 · Heading 5602
5602.90: Felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered: other
Official description Other
Subheading 5602.90 belongs to heading 5602 (felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated) in chapter 56.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 5602 90 00 00 Other 6%
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 2
- 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
- 2020 No. 1431
- 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
- S.I. 2018/1249
- Documents
- C119 Authorised Release Certificate — EASA Form 1 (Appendix I to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012), or equivalent certificate
Import requirements 3
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Documents
- Y084 Derogation from import prohibition by virtue of Article 16i (1) of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1509
- Import controlImport control on cat and dog fur
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2009/1056
- Documents
- Y922 Other than cats and dogs fur as mentioned by Regulation (EC) No 1523/2007 (OJ L 343)
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 6% |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, 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, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code "EU") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & 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) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | 4.8% |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £2.9m | 37.9% | +36.9% | |
| £1.4m | 18.7% | +58.5% | |
| £1.1m | 14.5% | -12.9% | |
| £630k | 8.3% | +103.9% | |
| £465k | 6.1% | -10.2% | |
| £354k | 4.6% | -30.1% | |
| £286k | 3.8% | +20.3% | |
| £201k | 2.6% | -63.1% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$117kUS$117k+US$2m+US$8m+> US$36m
Exports: 105
- China: US$88m
- Türkiye: US$49m
- United States: US$36m
- Vietnam: US$30m
- Thailand: US$17m
- United Kingdom: US$15m
- Italy: US$10m
- Germany: US$10m
- Spain: US$10m
- Nepal: US$8m
- Japan: US$7m
- South Korea: US$5m
- France: US$5m
- Poland: US$4m
- Taiwan: US$3m
- Denmark: US$3m
- Netherlands: US$3m
- Indonesia: US$3m
- India: US$2m
- Belgium: US$2m
- Slovenia: US$2m
- Malaysia: US$2m
- Romania: US$2m
- Czechia: US$2m
- Switzerland: US$2m
- Mexico: US$2m
- Guatemala: US$2m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$1m
- Saudi Arabia: US$866k
- Bulgaria: US$856k
- Portugal: US$854k
- Austria: US$793k
- Brazil: US$623k
- Hungary: US$531k
- Sweden: US$518k
- Singapore: US$475k
- Finland: US$316k
- Canada: US$267k
- Australia: US$219k
- Laos: US$185k
- Lithuania: US$175k
- Ecuador: US$164k
- South Africa: US$162k
- Egypt: US$161k
- Serbia: US$151k
- Greece: US$134k
- Colombia: US$134k
- Pakistan: US$129k
- Slovakia: US$129k
- Georgia: US$117k
- Peru: US$93k
- Norway: US$92k
- New Zealand: US$92k
- Estonia: US$79k
- Croatia: US$76k
- Bangladesh: US$73k
- Morocco: US$73k
- Ukraine: US$71k
- Sri Lanka: US$69k
- Russia: US$68k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$165kUS$165k+US$1m+US$5m+> US$14m
Imports: 189
- Indonesia: US$42m
- United States: US$31m
- Mexico: US$21m
- Canada: US$15m
- Thailand: US$15m
- Germany: US$14m
- Romania: US$12m
- United Kingdom: US$9m
- France: US$9m
- Netherlands: US$8m
- Czechia: US$8m
- Poland: US$8m
- Vietnam: US$7m
- Russia: US$6m
- Brazil: US$6m
- Australia: US$6m
- South Korea: US$5m
- Spain: US$5m
- Switzerland: US$5m
- India: US$5m
- Malaysia: US$5m
- Portugal: US$5m
- China: US$5m
- Philippines: US$4m
- Morocco: US$4m
- Slovakia: US$4m
- Italy: US$3m
- Colombia: US$3m
- Finland: US$3m
- Dominican Republic: US$3m
- Belgium: US$2m
- Cambodia: US$2m
- Taiwan: US$2m
- Austria: US$2m
- Egypt: US$2m
- Saudi Arabia: US$2m
- Tunisia: US$2m
- Georgia: US$2m
- Hungary: US$2m
- Pakistan: US$1m
- United Arab Emirates: US$1m
- Sweden: US$1m
- Japan: US$1m
- Argentina: US$1m
- Kuwait: US$1m
- Azerbaijan: US$1m
- Serbia: US$1m
- Denmark: US$1m
- Norway: US$1m
- Bangladesh: US$1m
- Ireland: US$1m
- Myanmar (Burma): US$1m
- South Africa: US$1m
- Bahamas: US$982k
- El Salvador: US$964k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$866k
- Panama: US$859k
- Uzbekistan: US$836k
- Yemen: US$824k
- Ukraine: US$713k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$88m | 26.3% | |
| 2 | US$49m | 14.8% | |
| 3 | US$36m | 10.8% | |
| 4 | US$30m | 9% | |
| 5 | US$17m | 5.2% | |
| 6 | US$15m | 4.6% | |
| 7 | US$10m | 2.9% | |
| 8 | US$10m | 2.9% | |
| 9 | US$10m | 2.9% | |
| 10 | US$8m | 2.4% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$42m | 12.5% | |
| 2 | US$31m | 9.3% | |
| 3 | US$21m | 6.5% | |
| 4 | US$15m | 4.7% | |
| 5 | US$15m | 4.5% | |
| 6 | US$14m | 4.3% | |
| 7 | US$12m | 3.6% | |
| 8 | US$9m | 2.7% | |
| 9 | US$9m | 2.6% | |
| 10 | US$8m | 2.4% |
Import duty on this product around the world 164
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.
- 10%median duty
- 24number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 40%highest: Iran, Algeria, Angola
164
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 26% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 23% | 0% – 45% | 2022 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 26% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1.7% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1.7% | 0% – 5% | 2022 | |
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6.7% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 1.7% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1.7% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5.6% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25%* | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 0% – 15% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 1.7% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 11% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 6% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12% | 10% – 15% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 14% | 3% – 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 9.8%* | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 5%* | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 | ||
| 3.2% | 0% – 6.3% | 2023 | |
| 18% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 26% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 0.1% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)
Classifications and correspondences
Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.
- SITC Rev. 4
- 65719 Felt, impregnated, coated, covered/laminated, n.e.s.
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 411210
- CPC 2.1 product
- 27921 Felt
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 1399 Manufacture of other textiles n.e.c.
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5602.90 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 5602.90 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 5602.90 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 5602.90 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 5602.90 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 5602.90 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 5602.90; the duty is 6%.
Subheading 5602.90 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 6.7%.
173 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of 6%.
Imports of these goods into the UK came to £7.6m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 13% on the year before); China supplied 38%, followed by Nepal.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$333m (+7.5% year on year).
The largest exporter was China (US$88m), followed by Türkiye.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered: other?
Felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered: other fall under HS subheading 5602.90, part of heading 5602, in section XI of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on felt, whether or not impregnated, coated… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 5602.90 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 6%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on felt, whether or not impregnated, coated… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 5602.90 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 6.7%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most felt, whether or not impregnated, coated…?
China, with US$88m in 2024 (26.3% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
173 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, DCTS Enhanced. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of 6% applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were China (38%), Nepal (19%) and Türkiye (15%), out of total imports of £7.6m.