Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · HTS code · HS 5308.90
5308.90.90: Yarn of other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn: other, other (800)
Not declarable on its own: use one of its 1 subdivisions Data: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · checked on 24 October 2026
- 5308 Yarn of other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn:
- 5308.90 Other:
- 5308.90.90 Other (800)
What you pay
Importing into USA
US additional duties of HTS chapter 99 in force on 22 October 2026 are included (Section 301, 232, 338 and 201). IEEPA duties are no longer collected after the Supreme Court ruling of February 2026. Conditional exemptions (US content, end use, metal share) are not computed: check the provision.
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
- Additional dutySection 301 — China — technology transfer, IP and innovation (2018 actions and 2024 four-year review) 7.5%
- Applies to goods from
- China
- In force
- from 1 September 2019
- Legal act
- HTSUS 9903.88.15
Same subheading in other tariffs
5308.90 Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn: other
UK Free Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
EU 3.8% – 4% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 3.9% 
Türkiye 3.8% – 4% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 3.9% 
Canada Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Mexico 25% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
Brazil 18% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Argentina 14% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
Peru Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
Japan Free – 7.9% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · average 3.5% 
Taiwan 3% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
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 Free Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
Nigeria 10% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines USA lines: 5308.90
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).
HTS code 5308.90.90 is a line of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States under HS subheading 5308.90 (yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn: other).
The general duty is free, and quantities are declared in kg.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is 3.8%–4%, the Türkiye duty is 3.8%–4%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 25%, the Brazil duty is 18%, the Argentina duty is 14%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 0%–7.9%, 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%.
The United States imported goods of subheading 5308.90 worth US$4m in 2024; the largest supplier was Brazil.
Questions and answers
What is the USA import duty for HTS code 5308.90.90?
The general duty in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is free; the supplementary unit is kg. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Where does the United States import these goods from?
For subheading 5308.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Brazil (US$3m), followed by China.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.