Subheading · Chapter 63 · Heading 6303
6303.91: Curtains: other, of cotton
Official description Of cotton
Subheading 6303.91 belongs to heading 6303 (curtains (including drapes) and interior blinds; curtain or bed valances) in chapter 63.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 6303 91 00 00 Of cotton 12%m²
- 6303 91 00 10 Net curtains 12%m²
- Other 12%m²
- 6303 91 00 91 Hand-printed by the "batik" method 12%m²
- 6303 91 00 99 Other 12%m²
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 3
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 598
- Documents
- 9014
- 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) | — | 12% |
| 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 | 9.6% |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £3.6m | 50.7% | -13.6% | |
| £940k | 13.1% | -13.8% | |
| £893k | 12.4% | -16.5% | |
| £568k | 7.9% | -26% | |
| £197k | 2.7% | +31.2% | |
| £170k | 2.4% | +125.8% | |
| £151k | 2.1% | -26.9% | |
| £133k | 1.9% | -8.1% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$35kUS$35k+US$455k+US$5m+> US$22m
Exports: 128
- India: US$65m
- Pakistan: US$54m
- China: US$44m
- Germany: US$22m
- Poland: US$16m
- United Arab Emirates: US$11m
- Türkiye: US$10m
- Kyrgyzstan: US$8m
- Bangladesh: US$7m
- Belgium: US$7m
- Italy: US$6m
- United Kingdom: US$5m
- Portugal: US$5m
- Netherlands: US$4m
- France: US$4m
- United States: US$3m
- Spain: US$2m
- Sweden: US$2m
- Egypt: US$2m
- Taiwan: US$1m
- Saudi Arabia: US$1m
- Tunisia: US$1m
- Switzerland: US$934k
- Mexico: US$916k
- Austria: US$914k
- Vietnam: US$826k
- Cambodia: US$626k
- Canada: US$565k
- Denmark: US$548k
- Malaysia: US$503k
- South Africa: US$455k
- Romania: US$396k
- Ireland: US$289k
- Indonesia: US$269k
- Uzbekistan: US$259k
- Kuwait: US$257k
- Estonia: US$245k
- Hungary: US$229k
- Bulgaria: US$222k
- Thailand: US$177k
- Morocco: US$165k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$155k
- Australia: US$152k
- Israel: US$149k
- Chile: US$147k
- Lithuania: US$136k
- Czechia: US$132k
- Japan: US$111k
- Finland: US$111k
- Brazil: US$95k
- Singapore: US$87k
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$59k
- Slovenia: US$57k
- Panama: US$57k
- Slovakia: US$57k
- Greece: US$56k
- South Korea: US$51k
- Russia: US$50k
- Tanzania: US$49k
- Norway: US$49k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$88kUS$88k+US$331k+US$2m+> US$9m
Imports: 203
- United States: US$76m
- Germany: US$34m
- France: US$18m
- United Kingdom: US$14m
- Netherlands: US$13m
- Saudi Arabia: US$13m
- Denmark: US$9m
- Russia: US$9m
- Sweden: US$9m
- Spain: US$8m
- Belgium: US$8m
- Poland: US$7m
- Canada: US$6m
- Switzerland: US$6m
- Italy: US$6m
- Austria: US$4m
- Ireland: US$4m
- Japan: US$3m
- United Arab Emirates: US$3m
- Norway: US$2m
- Finland: US$2m
- China: US$2m
- Australia: US$2m
- Malaysia: US$2m
- Portugal: US$2m
- South Korea: US$1m
- Bahrain: US$1m
- Israel: US$1m
- Czechia: US$1m
- Qatar: US$1m
- Singapore: US$1m
- Romania: US$989k
- Seychelles: US$970k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$969k
- New Zealand: US$831k
- Philippines: US$822k
- Chile: US$810k
- Greece: US$742k
- Türkiye: US$678k
- Hungary: US$620k
- Slovakia: US$618k
- Croatia: US$511k
- Tanzania: US$462k
- Kuwait: US$450k
- Mexico: US$418k
- Iceland: US$378k
- Serbia: US$362k
- Estonia: US$351k
- Colombia: US$346k
- Bulgaria: US$337k
- Thailand: US$331k
- Nigeria: US$328k
- Georgia: US$328k
- Mauritius: US$326k
- Slovenia: US$325k
- Indonesia: US$308k
- Pakistan: US$292k
- Dominican Republic: US$291k
- Morocco: US$269k
- Taiwan: US$258k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$65m | 22.2% | |
| 2 | US$54m | 18.4% | |
| 3 | US$44m | 15.1% | |
| 4 | US$22m | 7.7% | |
| 5 | US$16m | 5.5% | |
| 6 | US$11m | 3.8% | |
| 7 | US$10m | 3.6% | |
| 8 | US$8m | 2.9% | |
| 9 | US$7m | 2.6% | |
| 10 | US$7m | 2.3% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$76m | 26% | |
| 2 | US$34m | 11.6% | |
| 3 | US$18m | 6.2% | |
| 4 | US$14m | 4.7% | |
| 5 | US$13m | 4.6% | |
| 6 | US$13m | 4.4% | |
| 7 | US$9m | 3.2% | |
| 8 | US$9m | 3.1% | |
| 9 | US$9m | 3% | |
| 10 | US$8m | 2.8% |
Import duty on this product around the world 163
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.
- 19%median duty
- 8number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 102%highest: Zimbabwe, Ecuador, Iran
163
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 50% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 35% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8.2%* | 2023 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.6%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 40% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 17% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 74%* | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 35% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 55% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 7.4% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 8.2%* | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 7.6%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 24%* | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 23%* | 16% – 28% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 2023 | ||
| 8.2% | 5.6% – 11% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 6% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 11% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 7.6%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 2.9%* | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 28%* | 20% – 34% | 2023 | |
| 30% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 32% | 2023 | ||
| 19% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 102%* | 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
- 65851 Curtains (including drapes) & interior blinds; curtain/bed valences
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Consumption goods · BEC 413202
- CPC 2.1 product
- 27130 Curtains (including drapes) and interior blinds; curtain or bed valances
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 1392 Manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6303.91 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 6303.91 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 6303.91 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 6303.91 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 6303.91 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 6303.91 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Binding rulings for similar goods 6
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.
- N324787 U.S. CBP
Classification of two Mod Elephant bedding sets made in China
- N324788 U.S. CBP
Classification of a Boho Fringe bedding set made in China
- N324789 U.S. CBP
Classification of two Anchors Away bedding sets made in China
- N309763 U.S. CBP
Status under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and country of origin determination of a duvet cover, sheets, pillowcases, shower curtains and valances from Mexico; 19 CFR 102.21(c)(2); tariff shift; General Note 12
- N276437 U.S. CBP
Status under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and country of origin determination of a duvet cover, sheets, pillowcases, valances and shower curtains from Mexico; 19 CFR 102.21(c)(2); tariff shift; General Note 12; Appendix to Part 181, Part II, Section 4(8); Self-Produced…
- N274178 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a curtain from India
The UK Global Tariff divides subheading 6303.91 into 3 tariff lines; the duty is 12%.
Subheading 6303.91 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 12%.
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 12%.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
Imports of these goods into the UK came to £7.2m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 13% on the year before); Pakistan supplied 51%, followed by India.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$291m (−10.4% year on year).
The largest exporter was India (US$65m), followed by Pakistan.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for curtains: other, of cotton?
Curtains: other, of cotton fall under HS subheading 6303.91, part of heading 6303, in section XI of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on curtains: other, of cotton in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 6303.91 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 12%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on curtains: other, of cotton in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 6303.91 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 12%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most curtains: other, of cotton?
India, with US$65m in 2024 (22.2% 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 12% applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Is there anti-dumping duty on these goods?
The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Pakistan (51%), India (13%) and China (12%), out of total imports of £7.2m.