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HS code for sisal - not spun
In the UK Trade Tariff’s list of everyday names, “sisal - not spun” points to heading 5305: coconut, abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis Nee), ramie and other vegetable textile fibres, not elsewhere specified or included, raw or processed but not spun; tow, noils and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock). Check the description and the notes of the chapter before declaring: the right code depends on what the goods are made of and how they are used.
5305 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is duty-free.
The Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule divides 5305 into 10 tariff lines; the duty is duty-free.
5305 is a single line in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, where the duty is duty-free.
Duty rates compared
UK specific or compound duty Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Türkiye Free Third-country duty 10 tariff lines 
USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Mexico Free Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
Brazil 5.4% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Argentina 5.4% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Peru Free Third-country duty 5 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free Third-country duty 8 tariff lines 
Japan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Taiwan Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 21 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Norway Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line See also
- pina
- pita
- typha
- maguey
- cantala
- ife hemp
- silkgrass
- pita floja
- curana fibres
- henequen fibres
- abaca manilla hemp
- rovings - of abaca
- coir fibre not spun
- yucca textile fibre
- columbia pita fibres
- mauritius hemp fibres
- agave fibres, not spun
- new zealand hemp or flax
- sanseviera (bowstring hemp)
- bowstring hemp (sansevieria) fibres
- ramie - raw or processed, but not spun
- haiti hemp, raw or processed but not spun
- fibres - vegetable, textile - coir, not spun
- fibres - vegetable, textile - ramie, not spun
- fibres - vegetable, textile - manilla hemp, not spun
- fibres - vegetable, textile - agave (including siasal), not spun
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for sisal - not spun?
Sisal - not spun are classified under 5305 (Coconut, abaca) in the Harmonized System. National tariffs add more digits; see the lines on this page.