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HS code for wicks, textile
In the UK Trade Tariff’s list of everyday names, “wicks, textile” points to heading 5908: textile wicks, woven, plaited or knitted, for lamps, stoves, lighters, candles or the like; incandescent gas mantles and tubular knitted gas-mantle fabric therefor, whether or not impregnated. 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.
5908 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 5.6%.
The Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule divides 5908 into 2 tariff lines; the duty is 5.6%.
5908 is a single line in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, where the duty is 3.4%.
Duty rates compared
UK specific or compound duty Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
EU 5.6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Türkiye 5.6% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
USA 3.4% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada Free – 14% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 7% 
Mexico 25% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
Brazil 14.4% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Argentina 16% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Peru Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Japan 4.9% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Taiwan 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line See also
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for wicks, textile?
Wicks, textile are classified under 5908 (Textile wicks, woven, plaited or knitted, for lamps, stoves, lighters, candles or the like) in the Harmonized System. National tariffs add more digits; see the lines on this page.