Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan · statistical code · HS 5306.20
5306.20.000: Multiple (folded) or cabled
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan, in force from 8 August 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 5306 Flax yarn.
- 5306.20.000 Multiple (folded) or cabled
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
5306.20 Multiple (folded) or cabled
UK Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
EU 4% – 5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 4.5% 
Türkiye 4% – 5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 4.5% 
USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Mexico 10% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Brazil 18% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Argentina 14% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Peru Free – 11% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 5.5% 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan 3% 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 Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Nigeria 10% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Legal notes
Additional note
1.
(A) For the purposes of subheadings 53061090, 53062090 and 53082090, the expression ‘put up for retail sale’ in relation to yarn (single, multiple or cabled) means, subject to the exceptions in paragraph (B) below, yarn put up:
(a) in balls or on cards, reels, tubes or similar supports, of a weight (including support) not exceeding 200 grams;
(b) in hanks or skeins of a weight not exceeding 125 grams;
(c) in hanks or skeins comprising several smaller hanks or skeins separated by dividing threads which render them independent one of the other, each of uniform weight not exceeding 125 grams.
(B) Exceptions:
(a) multiple or cabled yarn, unbleached, in hanks or skeins;
(b) multiple or cabled yarn, put up:
(1) in cross-reeled hanks or skeins; or
(2) put up on supports or in some other manner indicating its use in the textile industry (for example, on cops, twisting mill tubes, pirns, conical bobbins or spindles, or reeled in the form of cocoons for embroidery looms).
Statistical code 5306.20.000 is a line of the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan under HS subheading 5306.20 (multiple (folded) or cabled).
The applied rate is 7.9%, and quantities are declared in KG.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is 4%–5%, the Türkiye duty is 4%–5%, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 10%, the Brazil duty is 18%, the Argentina duty is 14%, the Peru duty is 0%–11%, the New Zealand duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 3%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 10%.
Japan imported goods of subheading 5306.20 worth US$150k in 2024.
Questions and answers
What is the Japan import duty for statistical code 5306.20.000?
The applied rate in the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan is 7.9%; the supplementary unit is 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.