Subheading · Chapter 65 · Heading 6504
6504.00: Hats and other headgear, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed
6504.00 is a six-digit subheading of heading 6504, hats and other headgear, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, chapter 65.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 6504 00 00 00 Hats and other headgear, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed
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 1
- 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)
Import requirements 5
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control - CITES
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2021 No. 54
- Import controlImport control on luxury goods
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Documents
- Y945 Travellers' personal effects or goods of a non-commercial nature for travellers' personal use contained in their luggage (Art 10.2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1509)
- Y946 Goods necessary for the official purposes of diplomatic or consular missions of Member States in the DPRK or international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, or to the personal effects of their staff (Art 10.3 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1509)
- Y948 Goods other than those described in Annex VIII (Luxury goods) of Reg. (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)
- Import controlImport control on seal products
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2018 No. 1034
- Documents
- C679 Attesting Document (seal product), issued by a recognised body in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 737/2010 prior to 18 October 2015
- C680 Written notification of import and document giving evidence where the products were acquired (seal product)
- C683 European Union - Attesting document for seal products resulting from hunt by Inuit or other indigenous communities for placing on the Union's market in accordance with Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 on trade in seal products
- Y032 Other goods than those seal products mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2015/1850 (OJ L 271)
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | |
| 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 |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | 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 |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £8.9m | 77% | -6.6% | |
| £718k | 6.2% | -3.3% | |
| £334k | 2.9% | +60.8% | |
| £326k | 2.8% | -12.2% | |
| £125k | 1.1% | +79.5% | |
| £113k | 1% | +118.6% | |
| £106k | 0.9% | +26.1% | |
| £90k | 0.8% | +96.3% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$64kUS$64k+US$821k+US$4m+> US$11m
Exports: 156
- China: US$264m
- Mexico: US$43m
- Italy: US$24m
- United States: US$15m
- Germany: US$11m
- France: US$11m
- Vietnam: US$9m
- Spain: US$9m
- Ecuador: US$8m
- Netherlands: US$7m
- Poland: US$7m
- Greece: US$6m
- United Kingdom: US$6m
- Sweden: US$5m
- Türkiye: US$4m
- Madagascar: US$3m
- Bangladesh: US$3m
- Kenya: US$2m
- South Africa: US$2m
- Slovakia: US$2m
- Sri Lanka: US$2m
- South Korea: US$2m
- India: US$1m
- Guatemala: US$1m
- Portugal: US$1m
- Bulgaria: US$1m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$1m
- Thailand: US$1m
- Indonesia: US$1m
- Taiwan: US$1m
- Czechia: US$1m
- Switzerland: US$949k
- Australia: US$922k
- Colombia: US$921k
- Belgium: US$881k
- Japan: US$868k
- Ireland: US$821k
- Hungary: US$813k
- Denmark: US$792k
- Canada: US$787k
- Austria: US$782k
- Chile: US$735k
- Cambodia: US$554k
- Singapore: US$499k
- Slovenia: US$485k
- Ukraine: US$468k
- United Arab Emirates: US$423k
- Romania: US$408k
- Pakistan: US$399k
- Philippines: US$397k
- Saudi Arabia: US$383k
- New Zealand: US$297k
- Finland: US$255k
- Myanmar (Burma): US$252k
- Latvia: US$241k
- Croatia: US$237k
- Malaysia: US$232k
- Lithuania: US$178k
- Brazil: US$159k
- Peru: US$158k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$179kUS$179k+US$1m+US$5m+> US$15m
Imports: 214
- United States: US$120m
- Germany: US$28m
- France: US$23m
- Spain: US$20m
- Japan: US$18m
- United Kingdom: US$18m
- Australia: US$15m
- Italy: US$15m
- Mexico: US$14m
- Netherlands: US$12m
- Greece: US$11m
- Canada: US$11m
- Poland: US$10m
- Switzerland: US$9m
- Hungary: US$7m
- South Korea: US$7m
- China: US$5m
- Thailand: US$5m
- Brazil: US$5m
- Saudi Arabia: US$5m
- Austria: US$5m
- Türkiye: US$4m
- South Africa: US$4m
- Portugal: US$4m
- Russia: US$4m
- Norway: US$4m
- Belgium: US$3m
- Sweden: US$3m
- United Arab Emirates: US$3m
- Czechia: US$3m
- Denmark: US$3m
- Chile: US$3m
- Zimbabwe: US$3m
- Ireland: US$2m
- Singapore: US$2m
- Malaysia: US$2m
- Slovakia: US$2m
- India: US$2m
- Morocco: US$2m
- Kuwait: US$2m
- Malta: US$2m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$2m
- Romania: US$2m
- Kyrgyzstan: US$2m
- Indonesia: US$2m
- Dominican Republic: US$2m
- Guatemala: US$2m
- Peru: US$1m
- Algeria: US$1m
- Qatar: US$1m
- New Zealand: US$1m
- Finland: US$1m
- Croatia: US$1m
- Colombia: US$1m
- Mozambique: US$1m
- Zambia: US$1m
- Panama: US$935k
- Macao SAR China: US$836k
- Bulgaria: US$755k
- Bolivia: US$750k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$264m | 56% | |
| 2 | US$43m | 9% | |
| 3 | US$24m | 5% | |
| 4 | US$15m | 3.1% | |
| 5 | US$11m | 2.4% | |
| 6 | US$11m | 2.3% | |
| 7 | US$9m | 2% | |
| 8 | US$9m | 1.8% | |
| 9 | US$8m | 1.6% | |
| 10 | US$7m | 1.5% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$120m | 25.5% | |
| 2 | US$28m | 6% | |
| 3 | US$23m | 4.9% | |
| 4 | US$20m | 4.3% | |
| 5 | US$18m | 3.9% | |
| 6 | US$18m | 3.7% | |
| 7 | US$15m | 3.3% | |
| 8 | US$15m | 3.2% | |
| 9 | US$14m | 3% | |
| 10 | US$12m | 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.
- 18%median duty
- 15number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 55%highest: Iran, Kiribati, Bahamas
164
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6.3% | 0% – 13% | 2023 | |
| 40% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8% | 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 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 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 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 55% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 4.4% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 50% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6.7%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 13% | 10% – 15% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 6.2%* | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 33% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 6.4% | 6% – 6.8% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 0.4% | 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
- 84842 Hats & other headgear, plaited/made by assembling strips of any material, whether/not lined/trimmed
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Consumption goods · BEC 413202
- CPC 2.1 product
- 28262 Hats and other headgear, of felt, or plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, or knitted or crocheted or made up from lace or other textile fabric in the piece; hair-nets
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 1410 Manufacture of wearing apparel, except fur apparel
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6504.00 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 6504.00 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 6504.00 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 6504.00 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 6504.00 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 6504.00 | 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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Trade Tariff news 5806 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 6504.00; the duty is duty-free.
Subheading 6504.00 is a single line in the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, where the duty is duty-free.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported these goods worth £11.6m (down 5% on the year before), at an average of £19.11 per kg; China supplied 77%, followed by Italy.
World trade in these goods reached US$472m in 2024, down 9.9% on 2023.
China was the largest exporter with 56% of the total, ahead of Mexico.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for hats and other headgear, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed?
Hats and other headgear, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed fall under HS subheading 6504.00, part of heading 6504, in section XII of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on hats and other headgear, plaited or made by… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 6504.00 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on hats and other headgear, plaited or made by… in Türkiye?
Under the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, imports under 6504.00 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most hats and other headgear, plaited or made by…?
China, with US$264m in 2024 (56% of world exports).
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were China (77%), Italy (6%) and United States (3%), out of total imports of £11.6m.