Subheading · Chapter 59 · Heading 5911
5911.31: Weighing less than 650 g/m2
Subheading 5911.31 belongs to heading 5911 (textile products and articles, for technical uses, specified in note 8 to this…) in chapter 59.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 5911 31 00 00 Weighing less than 650 g/m2
- Of silk or man-made fibres
- 5911 31 11 00 Woven fabrics, of a kind used in papermaking machines (for example, forming fabrics) 4%m²
- 5911 31 19 00 Other 4%
- 5911 31 90 00 Of other textile materials 4%
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 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
- 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)
- Tariff lines
- on 2 of 3 lines
Import requirements 2
- 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
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 4% |
| 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 | 3.2% |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £1.9m | 28.9% | -2.1% | |
| £1m | 16.2% | +30.7% | |
| £688k | 10.7% | -6.1% | |
| £614k | 9.5% | -2.2% | |
| £480k | 7.5% | -16.1% | |
| £461k | 7.2% | +13.6% | |
| £400k | 6.2% | +138.3% | |
| £175k | 2.7% | +169.9% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$164kUS$164k+US$4m+US$15m+> US$36m
Exports: 72
- Germany: US$65m
- China: US$37m
- Canada: US$36m
- Austria: US$27m
- Finland: US$23m
- United States: US$16m
- Italy: US$15m
- Slovakia: US$14m
- Sweden: US$12m
- Thailand: US$10m
- Singapore: US$8m
- United Kingdom: US$8m
- France: US$7m
- Netherlands: US$5m
- Czechia: US$5m
- Spain: US$4m
- Japan: US$4m
- Poland: US$4m
- Belgium: US$4m
- Brazil: US$4m
- Switzerland: US$3m
- India: US$3m
- South Korea: US$3m
- Türkiye: US$2m
- Saudi Arabia: US$954k
- Hungary: US$639k
- Serbia: US$453k
- Mexico: US$437k
- Malaysia: US$416k
- United Arab Emirates: US$394k
- Taiwan: US$247k
- Latvia: US$224k
- Portugal: US$195k
- Argentina: US$184k
- Australia: US$164k
- Israel: US$110k
- Vietnam: US$98k
- Denmark: US$95k
- Romania: US$92k
- Bulgaria: US$91k
- Chile: US$51k
- Pakistan: US$47k
- Ireland: US$38k
- Slovenia: US$36k
- South Africa: US$32k
- Qatar: US$20k
- Indonesia: US$16k
- Lithuania: US$15k
- Egypt: US$12k
- Philippines: US$10k
- Greece: US$10k
- Croatia: US$9k
- Kenya: US$5k
- Norway: US$3k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$3k
- Nigeria: US$3k
- Peru: US$2k
- Russia: US$2k
- Guyana: US$1k
- Ukraine: US$1k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$134kUS$134k+US$2m+US$6m+> US$11m
Imports: 155
- Germany: US$47m
- United States: US$40m
- China: US$22m
- Indonesia: US$16m
- France: US$11m
- Italy: US$10m
- South Korea: US$10m
- Singapore: US$9m
- Finland: US$8m
- United Kingdom: US$8m
- Sweden: US$8m
- Philippines: US$7m
- Mexico: US$7m
- Netherlands: US$7m
- Türkiye: US$7m
- Spain: US$6m
- Slovakia: US$6m
- Canada: US$6m
- Brazil: US$5m
- India: US$5m
- Poland: US$4m
- Belgium: US$4m
- Kyrgyzstan: US$4m
- Austria: US$4m
- Australia: US$4m
- Hungary: US$3m
- Latvia: US$3m
- Malaysia: US$3m
- Chile: US$3m
- Taiwan: US$3m
- Norway: US$3m
- Portugal: US$2m
- Japan: US$2m
- Switzerland: US$2m
- South Africa: US$2m
- Czechia: US$2m
- Vietnam: US$2m
- Colombia: US$2m
- Argentina: US$2m
- Guatemala: US$2m
- Peru: US$2m
- Russia: US$2m
- Romania: US$1m
- Saudi Arabia: US$1m
- Thailand: US$919k
- United Arab Emirates: US$900k
- Pakistan: US$852k
- Ukraine: US$701k
- Venezuela: US$692k
- Greece: US$639k
- Ireland: US$621k
- Ecuador: US$614k
- Costa Rica: US$612k
- Egypt: US$609k
- Israel: US$601k
- Bangladesh: US$595k
- Tunisia: US$574k
- El Salvador: US$494k
- Uzbekistan: US$480k
- Slovenia: US$472k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$65m | 20.1% | |
| 2 | US$37m | 11.4% | |
| 3 | US$36m | 11.1% | |
| 4 | US$27m | 8.2% | |
| 5 | US$23m | 7.2% | |
| 6 | US$16m | 5.1% | |
| 7 | US$15m | 4.7% | |
| 8 | US$14m | 4.2% | |
| 9 | US$12m | 3.6% | |
| 10 | US$10m | 3.1% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$47m | 14.5% | |
| 2 | US$40m | 12.5% | |
| 3 | US$22m | 6.8% | |
| 4 | US$16m | 4.9% | |
| 5 | US$11m | 3.5% | |
| 6 | US$10m | 3.1% | |
| 7 | US$10m | 3% | |
| 8 | US$9m | 2.7% | |
| 9 | US$8m | 2.5% | |
| 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.
- 5%median duty
- 42number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 45%highest: Bahamas, Argentina, Brazil
164
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 26% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 1% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 26% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5.3% | 4.4% – 5.8% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3.9% | 2.8% – 4.9% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0.7%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 16% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 0.8%* | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5.3% | 4.4% – 5.8% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 4.2% | 1% – 5.8% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2023 | ||
| 3.8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 26% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 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
- 65773 Textile products & articles, for technical uses
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Capital goods · BEC 412010
- CPC 2.1 product
- 27998 Textile products and articles for technical uses (including wicks, gas mantles, hosepiping, transmission or conveyor belts, bolting cloth and straining cloth)
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 1399 Manufacture of other textiles n.e.c.
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5911.31 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 5911.31 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 5911.31 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 5911.31 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 5911.31 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 5911.31 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Recent rule changes mentioning this code
Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.
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The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
S.I. 2026/543 · Source: legislation.gov.uk
The UK Global Tariff divides subheading 5911.31 into 3 tariff lines; the duty is 4%.
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, subheading 5911.31 covers 3 tariff lines and the duty is between 4.4% and 5.8%.
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 4%.
Imports of these goods into the UK came to £6.4m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 7% on the year before); Germany supplied 29%, followed by Sweden.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$324m (+0% year on year).
The largest exporter was Germany (US$65m), followed by China.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for weighing less than 650 g/m2?
Weighing less than 650 g/m2 fall under HS subheading 5911.31, part of heading 5911, in section XI of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on weighing less than 650 g/m2 in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 5911.31 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 4%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on weighing less than 650 g/m2 in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 5911.31 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 4.4% to 5.8%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most weighing less than 650 g/m2?
Germany, with US$65m in 2024 (20.1% 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 4% 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 Germany (29%), Sweden (16%) and United States (11%), out of total imports of £6.4m.