Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan · statistical code · HS 5209.31
5209.31.010: Containing more than 10% by weight, separately or together, of synthetic fibres or acetate fibres
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan, in force from 8 August 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 5209 Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2.
- 5209.31.010 Containing more than 10% by weight, separately or together, of synthetic fibres or acetate fibres
What you pay
Importing into Japan
Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.
Same subheading in other tariffs
5209.31 Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight: dyed, plain weave
UK 8% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
EU 8% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Türkiye 8% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
USA 3% – 8.4% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 5.7% 
Canada Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Mexico 25% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Brazil 26% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Argentina 18% General (MFN) 9 tariff lines 
Peru 11% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 5 tariff lines 
Taiwan 10% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia 10% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Japan lines: 5209.31
Binding rulings for similar goods
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.
- 600011360 HMRC
Woven cotton cloth, used for home decor, banners, tote bags, cushions, clothes, crafts, curtains, bunting etc. Weight of fabric 230 g/m2 dyed plain weave 100% cotton Packaged in plastic in rolls of length of approximately 25 metres, the width approximately 1.5 metres (or 150 cm)
Legal notes
Subheading note
1. For the purposes of subheadings 520942 and 521142, the expression ‘denim’ means fabrics of yarns of different colours, of 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including broken twill, warp faced, the warp yarns of which are of one and the same colour and the weft yarns of which are unbleached, bleached, dyed grey or coloured a lighter shade of the colour of the warp yarns.
In the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan, 5209.31.010 is one of 3 lines under subheading 5209.31, woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight: dyed, plain weave.
The applied rate is 5.6%, and quantities are declared in SM, KG.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 8%, the EU duty is 8%, the Türkiye duty is 8%, the US duty is 3%–8.4%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 25%, the Brazil duty is 26%, the Argentina duty is 18%, the Peru duty is 11%, the New Zealand duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 10%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 10% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.
Japan imported goods of subheading 5209.31 worth US$1m in 2024.
Questions and answers
What is the Japan import duty for statistical code 5209.31.010?
The applied rate in the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan is 5.6%; the supplementary unit is SM, KG. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.