HS Code Range: 5201.00.00 to 5209.59.00

This chapter includes:

• Raw cotton (seed cotton, ginned cotton)
  
  

• Cotton waste
  
  

• Cotton yarn (carded, combed, for retail and non-retail)
  
  

• Woven cotton fabrics (bleached, dyed, printed, etc.)
  
  

✅ India is the largest cotton producer in the world and a major exporter of cotton, yarn, and fabrics.

🔹 5201 – Raw Cotton, Not Carded or Combed

5201.00.10 Cotton, Indian long staple

5201.00.20 Cotton, an Indian medium staple

5201.00.30 Cotton, Indian short-staple

5201.00.90 Other varieties

✅ Primary raw material for spinning mills and exports.

🔹 5202 – Cotton Waste (Including Yarn Waste and Garnetted Stock)

5202.11.00 Yarn waste

5202.19.00 Other cotton waste

✅ Reused in spinning, stuffing, and industrial uses.

🔹 5203 – Cotton, Carded or Combed

5203.00.10 Carded cotton

5203.00.20 Combed cotton

✅ Processed cotton for spinning into finer yarn.

🔹 5204 – Cotton Sewing Thread

5204.11.00 Sewing thread, not for retail

5204.19.00 Other

✅ Used in garment stitching, packaging and textiles.

🔹 5205 – Cotton Yarn (85%+ Cotton), Not for Retail Sale

5205.11.00 Single yarn, ≤14 count

5205.12.00 Single yarn, >14 ≤43 count

5205.13.00 Single yarn, >43 count

5205.42.00 Multiple/folded yarns, combed

🔹 5206 – Cotton Yarn, <85% Cotton, Mixed with Synthetic or Other Fibres

5206.11.00 ≤14 count, mixed yarns

5206.12.00 >14 and ≤43 count

5206.13.00 >43 count

🔹 5207 – Cotton Yarn, Put Up for Retail Sale

5207.10.00 Blended yarn (cotton + synthetics)

5207.90.00 Pure cotton yarn, retail packed

✅ For hand knitting, crafts, small-scale use.

🔹 5208 – Woven Fabrics of Cotton, Containing ≥85% Cotton, ≤200 g/m²

5208.11.00 Unbleached, plain weave

5208.21.00 Bleached

5208.31.00 Dyed

5208.41.00 Printed

✅ For dress materials, shirts, bedsheets.

🔹 5209 – Woven Fabrics of Cotton, ≥85% Cotton, >200 g/m²

5209.11.00 Unbleached, heavy fabrics

5209.21.00 Bleached

5209.31.00 Dyed

5209.41.00 Printed

✅ For jeans, canvas, jackets, upholstery.