HS Code Range: 5601.10.00 to 5609.00.90

This chapter covers:

• Wadding and nonwoven fabrics
  
  

• Felt (needle-punched, chemical bonded)
  
  

• Metallised yarn, chenille, gimped yarn
  
  

• Twine, ropes, cords (natural and synthetic)
  
  

• Netting, fishnets, and knotted fabrics
  
  

✅ Used in automotive, medical, construction, fashion accessories, packaging, mattresses, and handicrafts.

🔹 5601 – Wadding of Textile Materials and Articles

5601.10.00 Sanitary wadding

5601.21.00 Cotton wadding

5601.22.00 Man-made fibre wadding

5601.30.00 Wadding articles (e.g., absorbent pads)

✅ Common in medical and hygiene products, quilts, jackets.

🔹 5602 – Felt (Needle Loom or Otherwise)

5602.10.00 Needle-punched felt

5602.21.00 Felt of wool or fine animal hair

5602.29.00 Other felt of textile fibres

✅ Uses: industrial gaskets, soundproofing, lining, handicrafts.

🔹 5603 – Nonwovens (Bonded Fabrics)

5603.11.00 Nonwovens ≤ 25 g/m²

5603.12.00 Nonwovens > 25 ≤ 70 g/m²

5603.13.00 Nonwovens > 70 ≤ 150 g/m²

5603.14.00 Nonwovens > 150 g/m²

✅ Used in baby diapers, face masks, geotextiles, packaging, filters.

🔹 5604 – Rubber Thread and Cord, Textile Covered

5604.10.00 Rubber thread and cord

5604.90.00 Other textile-covered elastic threads

🔹 5605 – Metallised Yarn and Gimped Yarn

5605.00.10 Metallised yarn (e.g., zari thread)

5605.00.90 Other gimped or fancy yarns

✅ Common in decorative textiles, sarees, embroidery, fashion accessories.

🔹 5606 – Chenille Yarn and Loop Pile Yarn

5606.00.00 All types of chenille and pile yarns

✅ Soft yarn used in towels, rugs, knitwear.

🔹 5607 – Twine, Cordage, Ropes and Cables

5607.21.00 Sisal or other hard fibre ropes

5607.41.00 Polyethylene or polypropylene ropes

5607.50.00 Of synthetic fibres (nylon, polyester)

✅ Used in marine, agriculture, construction, packaging.

🔹 5608 – Knotted Netting of Twine or Rope (e.g., Fishing Nets)

5608.11.00 Made up fishing nets

5608.19.00 Other knotted netting

✅ Used in sports nets, fishing, poultry nets, fruit protection.

🔹 5609 – Articles of Yarn, Twine, Cordage or Rope (Not Elsewhere Specified)

5609.00.10 Jute shopping bags, macrame

5609.00.90 Other rope articles (e.g., climbing ropes)