Subheading · Chapter 60 · Heading 6006
6006.32: Other knitted or crocheted fabrics: of synthetic fibres, dyed
Dyed synthetic knitted fabrics
Official description Dyed
6006.32 is the HS subheading for dyed synthetic knitted fabrics, under heading 6006 in chapter 60.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 6006 32 00 00 Dyed 8%
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 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) | — | 8% |
| 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 | 6.4% |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £3.7m | 35.1% | -34.8% | |
| £3m | 28.1% | — | |
| £822k | 7.8% | -60.8% | |
| £520k | 4.9% | +43.8% | |
| £452k | 4.3% | -71.8% | |
| £427k | 4% | -11.7% | |
| £420k | 4% | +155.3% | |
| £284k | 2.7% | -49.5% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$558kUS$558k+US$7m+US$42m+> US$195m
Exports: 130
- China: US$5bn
- Taiwan: US$614m
- South Korea: US$266m
- Türkiye: US$195m
- Portugal: US$125m
- Thailand: US$116m
- Japan: US$115m
- Vietnam: US$90m
- United States: US$80m
- Spain: US$68m
- Italy: US$57m
- Germany: US$51m
- Guatemala: US$42m
- Egypt: US$40m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$40m
- El Salvador: US$29m
- Malaysia: US$29m
- France: US$27m
- India: US$21m
- United Kingdom: US$21m
- Indonesia: US$17m
- Canada: US$12m
- Greece: US$12m
- Austria: US$12m
- Mexico: US$12m
- Honduras: US$10m
- Sri Lanka: US$8m
- Mauritius: US$8m
- Brazil: US$8m
- Poland: US$8m
- Netherlands: US$7m
- Ireland: US$7m
- Colombia: US$7m
- Pakistan: US$7m
- Peru: US$6m
- Lithuania: US$6m
- Saudi Arabia: US$5m
- Czechia: US$5m
- Belgium: US$4m
- South Africa: US$4m
- United Arab Emirates: US$4m
- Bulgaria: US$3m
- Denmark: US$3m
- Sweden: US$2m
- Romania: US$2m
- Switzerland: US$2m
- Israel: US$2m
- Slovenia: US$1m
- Uzbekistan: US$1m
- Latvia: US$1m
- Eswatini: US$1m
- Kyrgyzstan: US$1m
- Morocco: US$1m
- Singapore: US$1m
- Slovakia: US$1m
- Finland: US$1m
- Chile: US$1m
- Australia: US$972k
- Cambodia: US$802k
- Laos: US$784k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$5mUS$5m+US$29m+US$86m+> US$196m
Imports: 196
- Vietnam: US$1bn
- Bangladesh: US$492m
- Cambodia: US$384m
- Morocco: US$299m
- Myanmar (Burma): US$206m
- Indonesia: US$196m
- Jordan: US$186m
- India: US$170m
- Egypt: US$166m
- Kyrgyzstan: US$145m
- Mexico: US$141m
- Philippines: US$137m
- United Arab Emirates: US$133m
- China: US$127m
- Nigeria: US$125m
- Sri Lanka: US$117m
- Malaysia: US$106m
- Türkiye: US$101m
- Uzbekistan: US$87m
- Thailand: US$86m
- Brazil: US$85m
- Algeria: US$82m
- Kenya: US$76m
- United States: US$76m
- Russia: US$70m
- Italy: US$68m
- Nicaragua: US$61m
- Madagascar: US$58m
- Iraq: US$52m
- Saudi Arabia: US$52m
- Pakistan: US$47m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$46m
- Afghanistan: US$44m
- Ukraine: US$42m
- El Salvador: US$41m
- Guatemala: US$41m
- Nepal: US$40m
- Tunisia: US$37m
- France: US$36m
- Kazakhstan: US$35m
- Belarus: US$35m
- Spain: US$35m
- Germany: US$35m
- Poland: US$35m
- Argentina: US$34m
- South Africa: US$33m
- Ghana: US$30m
- Venezuela: US$29m
- North Korea: US$29m
- Djibouti: US$29m
- Iran: US$28m
- Colombia: US$27m
- Romania: US$27m
- Peru: US$26m
- Ecuador: US$21m
- Portugal: US$20m
- United Kingdom: US$20m
- Dominican Republic: US$18m
- Senegal: US$18m
- Yemen: US$17m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$5bn | 67.4% | |
| 2 | US$614m | 9% | |
| 3 | US$266m | 3.9% | |
| 4 | US$195m | 2.9% | |
| 5 | US$125m | 1.8% | |
| 6 | US$116m | 1.7% | |
| 7 | US$115m | 1.7% | |
| 8 | US$90m | 1.3% | |
| 9 | US$80m | 1.2% | |
| 10 | US$68m | 1% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$1bn | 19.4% | |
| 2 | US$492m | 7.2% | |
| 3 | US$384m | 5.6% | |
| 4 | US$299m | 4.4% | |
| 5 | US$206m | 3% | |
| 6 | US$196m | 2.9% | |
| 7 | US$186m | 2.7% | |
| 8 | US$170m | 2.5% | |
| 9 | US$166m | 2.4% | |
| 10 | US$145m | 2.1% |
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)
- 110%highest: Zimbabwe, Bahamas, Sudan
164
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 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 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 14% | 5% – 22% | 2023 | |
| 26% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 9% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 14% | 5% – 22% | 2023 | |
| 30% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 32% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 6.7% | 4% – 9.6% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25%* | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14% | 5% – 22% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 21% | 10% – 40% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14% | 5% – 22% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 11% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 6% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 11% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8% | 7% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 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 | ||
| 14% | 5% – 22% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 2.6%* | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 5%* | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 28% | 2023 | ||
| 23% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 0% – 8% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 26% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 110%* | 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
- 65529 Knitted/crocheted fabrics, n.e.s.
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 411220
- CPC 2.1 product
- 28190 Other knitted or crocheted fabrics
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 1391 Manufacture of knitted and crocheted fabrics
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6006.32 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 6006.32 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 6006.32 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 6006.32 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 6002.93 | changed |
| 1992 | 6002.93 | changed |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Binding rulings for similar goods 1
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.
- N340688 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification, country of origin, and eligibility of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) of two knit fabrics from Mexico.
Subheading 6006.32 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is 8%.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 6006.32; the duty is 8%.
Goods from 174 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 8%; 173 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported dyed synthetic knitted fabrics worth £10.6m (down 11% on the year before), at an average of £4.59 per kg; China supplied 35%, followed by Ireland.
World trade in dyed synthetic knitted fabrics reached US$7bn in 2024, up 0.6% on 2023.
China was the largest exporter with 67.4% of the total, ahead of Taiwan.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for other knitted or crocheted fabrics: of synthetic fibres, dyed?
Other knitted or crocheted fabrics: of synthetic fibres, dyed fall under HS subheading 6006.32, part of heading 6006, in section XI of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on other knitted or crocheted fabrics in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 6006.32 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 8%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on other knitted or crocheted fabrics in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 6006.32 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 8%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most other knitted or crocheted fabrics?
China, with US$5bn in 2024 (67.4% of world exports).
Which countries can export dyed synthetic knitted fabrics 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 8% applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Where does the UK import dyed synthetic knitted fabrics from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were China (35%), Ireland (28%) and Pakistan (8%), out of total imports of £10.6m.