HS Code Range: 5001.00.00 to 5007.90.90

This chapter includes:

• Raw silk (reeled or waste)
  
  

• Silk yarn (spun or filament)
  
  

• Silk fabrics (woven)
  
  

• Waste and noil silk
  
  

• Mulberry silk, tussar silk, muga silk (India’s specialty)
  
  

✅ India is the second-largest producer of silk in the world, and known for its unique handloom silk fabrics, especially from Karnataka, Assam, and West Bengal.

🔹 5001 – Silk Worm Cocoons Suitable for Reeling

5001.00.00 Live cocoons (for direct reeling of silk)

✅ Exported mostly for sericulture purposes.

🔹 5002 – Raw Silk (Not Thrown)

5002.00.10 Mulberry raw silk

5002.00.90 Other raw silk (e.g., eri, muga, tussar)

✅ Used in handloom & luxury textile production.

🔹 5003 – Silk Waste (Including Silk Noils, Yarn Waste, etc.)

5003.00.10 Silk noil (used for spinning)

5003.00.90 Other silk waste (spun yarn waste, cuttings)

✅ Often used to make noil fabric or spun silk yarn.

🔹 5004 – Silk Yarn (Not Put Up for Retail Sale)

5004.00.10 Mulberry silk yarn

5004.00.90 Other silk yarn (non-mulberry)

✅ Bulk yarn for weaving or export to textile units.

🔹 5005 – Silk Yarn (Put Up for Retail Sale)

5005.00.00 Silk yarn (ready for hand knitting/embroidery)

✅ Used in home textile kits or decorative work.

🔹 5006 – Silk Yarn and Waste Blended with Other Textile Fibres

5006.00.00 Silk yarn mixed with cotton/wool/polyester

✅ Used in semi-luxury textile applications (softer and more economical).

🔹 5007 – Woven Fabrics of Silk or Silk Waste

5007.10.00 Woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of silk

5007.20.00 Fabrics of silk waste (e.g., noil silk)

5007.90.90 Other blended or decorative silk fabrics

✅ Used in sarees, scarves, dress materials, upholstery, luxury fashion.