5911.40: Filtering or straining cloth of a kind used in oil-presses or the like, including that of human hair

1. 5911 40 00 00 Filtering or straining cloth of a kind used in oil-presses or the like, including that of human hair 6%
2. 5911 40 00 10 Non-wovens, consisting of poly(ethylene terephthalate) spun bonded media: -in the piece, cut to length or simply cut to rectangular (including square) shape, -of weight of 160 g/m² or more but not more than 300 g/m², -with a filtration efficiency of class l or better (according to din 60335-2-69), -pleatable, with or without following treatments: -a coating or covering with polytetrafluoroethylene (ptfe), -a coating with aluminium particles, -a coating of phosphorous based flame retardants, -a nano fiber coating of a polyamide, a polyurethane or a fluorine-containing polymer -an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (eptfe) membrane 6%
3. 5911 40 00 90 Other 6%

Additional duties and import rules

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

Preferential rates by country

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£7.3m+36% · previous 12 months

Average import price£17.45 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Germany	£4.4m	60.5%	+61.9%
United States	£580k	7.9%	-19.1%
France	£434k	5.9%	+11.9%
Japan	£408k	5.6%	-3.8%
Switzerland	£363k	5%	+361.6%
China	£359k	4.9%	-0.8%
India	£238k	3.3%	+231.1%
Italy	£116k	1.6%	-30%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA 8% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Mexico 25% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Brazil 26% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Argentina 16% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Peru Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line New Zealand Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Japan 2.8% – 4.9% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 3.9% Taiwan 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line GCC 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line North Macedonia 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Nigeria 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Germany	US$93m	25.5%
2	China	US$92m	25.3%
3	Poland	US$24m	6.6%
4	Japan	US$24m	6.5%
5	Switzerland	US$18m	4.9%
6	United States	US$18m	4.9%
7	Italy	US$15m	4%
8	South Korea	US$11m	3.2%
9	Canada	US$10m	2.8%
10	France	US$9m	2.4%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$30m	8.3%
2	United States	US$29m	8.1%
3	Poland	US$21m	5.7%
4	Germany	US$19m	5.3%
5	Italy	US$15m	4%
6	Brazil	US$13m	3.5%
7	Japan	US$12m	3.4%
8	South Korea	US$10m	2.8%
9	France	US$10m	2.8%
10	Netherlands	US$9m	2.6%

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
• 47number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 45%highest: Bahamas, Argentina, Brazil

164

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Afghanistan	5%		2018 · HS 2012
Albania	10%		2023
Algeria	15%		2023
Angola	2%		2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Antigua & Barbuda	5%		2021 · HS 2007
Argentina	26%		2023 · HS 2017
Armenia	5%		2023
Aruba	12%		2021 · HS 2012
Australia	5%		2023
Azerbaijan	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas	45%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Bangladesh	1%		2023 · HS 2017
Barbados	5%		2022 · HS 2017
Belarus	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Belize	5%		2023
Benin	10%		2023
Bermuda	25%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bolivia	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina	5%		2022
Botswana	0%		2023
Brazil	26%		2023 · HS 2017
Brunei	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso	10%		2023
Burundi	0%		2023
Cambodia	7%		2023 · HS 2017
Cameroon	10%		2023
Canada	0%		2023
Cape Verde	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Cayman Islands	22%		2021 · HS 2002
Central African Republic	10%		2023
Chad	10%		2023
Chile	6%		2023 · HS 2017
China	8%		2023
Colombia	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Comoros	20%		2021 · HS 2017
Congo - Brazzaville	10%		2023
Cook Islands	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Costa Rica	0%		2023
Côte d’Ivoire	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Cuba	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominica	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic	0%		2023
Ecuador	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Egypt	5%		2019 · HS 2017
El Salvador	0%		2022
Equatorial Guinea	10%		2023
Eswatini	0%		2023
Ethiopia	5%		2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries)	6%		2023
Fiji	5%		2023
French Polynesia	8%		2023
Gabon	10%		2023
Gambia	10%		2023
Georgia	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Ghana	10%		2023
Gibraltar	6%		2023 · HS 2017
Grenada	5%		2023 · HS 2012
Guatemala	0%		2023
Guinea	10%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	10%		2023
Guyana	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Haiti	0%		2020 · HS 2017
Honduras	0%		2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	10%		2023
Indonesia	5%		2023
Iran	5%		2020 · HS 2017
Israel	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica	0%		2023
Japan	3.9%	2.8% – 4.9%	2023
Jordan	1.7%	0% – 5%	2023
Kazakhstan	5%		2023
Kenya	0%		2023
Kiribati	0%		2023 · HS 2002
Kuwait	5%		2023
Kyrgyzstan	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Laos	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon	0%		2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho	0%		2023
Liberia	10%		2023
Libya	2.5%	0% – 5%	2021 · HS 2017
Liechtenstein	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	10%		2023
Malawi	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Malaysia	0%		2023
Maldives	15%		2023
Mali	10%		2023
Mauritania	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mexico	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Micronesia	4%		2021 · HS 2017
Moldova	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Mongolia	5%		2023
Montserrat	25%		2023 · HS 2017
Morocco	2.5%		2023
Mozambique	7.5%		2023
Myanmar (Burma)	3%		2023 · HS 2017
Namibia	0%		2023
Nepal	15%		2023
New Zealand	0%		2023
Nicaragua	0%		2023
Niger	10%		2023
Nigeria	10%		2023
North Macedonia	5%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	3%		2023
Palau	3%		2023 · HS 2012
Palestinian Territories	6%		2017 · HS 2017
Panama	0%		2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Paraguay	16%		2023 · HS 2017
Peru	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Philippines	3%		2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Russia	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda	0%		2023
Samoa	8%		2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe	10%		2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia	5%		2023
Senegal	10%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	10%		2023
Singapore	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Solomon Islands	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Somalia	5%		2023 · HS 2017
South Africa	0%		2023
South Korea	8%		2023
Sri Lanka	0%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	5%		2023
St Lucia	0%		2023 · HS 2012
St Pierre & Miquelon	5%		2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines	5%		2023
Sudan	25%		2021 · HS 2017
Suriname	5%		2023 · HS 2007
Switzerland	0%		2023
Syria	5%		2020 · HS 2012
Tajikistan	10%		2021 · HS 2012
Tanzania	0%		2023
Thailand	10%		2023
Togo	10%		2023
Tonga	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Trinidad & Tobago	0%		2023 · HS 2012
Türkiye	6%		2023
Tuvalu	0%		2017 · HS 2017
Uganda	0%		2023
Ukraine	2%		2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	6%		2023
United States	8%		2023
Uruguay	16%		2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu	5%		2023
Venezuela	26%		2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam	0%		2023
Wallis & Futuna	6%		2021 · HS 2012
Yemen	5%		2017 · HS 2017
Zambia	5%		2023
Zimbabwe	0.1%		2023

Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. · 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

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Binding rulings for similar goods 3

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.

1. Tariff change 1 July 2026

   İthalat Rejimi Kararında Değişiklik Yapılmasına İlişkin Karar (Karar Sayısı: 11485)

   RG 01.07.2026 sayı 33297 · Karar 11485 · Source: resmigazete.gov.tr

2. Suspension 30 June 2026 · Applies from: 16 July 2026

   Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1463 of 25 June 2026 amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2278 suspending the Common Customs Tariff duties referred to in Article 56(2), point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain agricultural and industrial products

   CELEX 32026R1463 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

3. Other 30 June 2026

   Update to Commodity Code structure to maintain dynamic alignment with the EU – 30 June 2026

   Trade Tariff news 6995 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

4. Sanctions 19 May 2026 · Applies from: 20 May 2026

   The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

   S.I. 2026/543 · Source: legislation.gov.uk

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