HSN chapter guide
Chapter 52 — Cotton
430 eight-digit tariff lines. Rates below are from the Indian Customs Tariff First Schedule. Use the AI HSN classifier if you only have a product description. Reviewed by the CustomsAI compliance desk · 24 August 2026.
Chapter notes
- For the purposes of subheadings 5209.42 and 5211.42, the expression 'denim' means fabrics of yarns of different colours, of 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including broken twill, warp faced, the warp yarns of which are of one and the same colour and the weft yarns of which are unbleached, bleached, dyed grey or coloured a lighter shade of the colour of the warp yarns.
Sample 8-digit lines
| HSN | Description | BCD |
|---|---|---|
| 5201 00 11 | Bengal deshi | 0% |
| 5201 00 12 | Indian cotton of staple lengths 20.5 mm (25/32") and below (e.g. oomras, yellow picking, Assam comillas) | 0% |
| 5201 00 13 | Indian cotton of staple length exceeding 20.5mm (26/32") but not exceeding 24.5mm (30/32") | 0% |
| 5201 00 14 | Indian cotton of staple length over 24.5 mm (31/32”) to 28 mm | 0% |
| 5201 00 15 | Indian cotton of staple length 28.5 mm (14/32”) and above but below 34.5 mm | 0% |
| 5201 00 19 | Indian cotton of all staple length 34.5 mm and above (112/32”) | 0% |
| 5201 00 21 | Of staple length not exceeding 20.0 mm | 0% |
| 5201 00 22 | Of staple length exceeding 20.0 mm but not exceeding 24.5 mm | 0% |
| 5201 00 23 | Of staple length exceeding 24.5 mm but not exceeding 27.0 mm | 0% |
| 5201 00 24 | Of staple length exceeding 27.0 mm but not exceeding 32.0 mm | 0% |
| 5201 00 25 | Of staple length exceeding 32.0 mm | 0% |
| 5202 10 00 | Yarn waste (including thread waste) | 10% |
| 5202 91 00 | Garnetted stock | 10% |
| 5202 99 00 | Other | 10% |
| 5203 00 00 | COTTON, CARDED OR COMBED | 30% |
| 5204 11 10 | Cotton thread, sewing, containing any synthetic staple fibre | 10% |
| 5204 11 20 | Cotton thread, darning | 10% |
| 5204 11 30 | Embroidery cotton thread | 10% |
| 5204 11 40 | Cotton sewing thread, not containing any synthetic staple fibre | 10% |
| 5204 11 90 | Other | 10% |
| 5204 19 00 | Other | 10% |
| 5204 20 10 | Cotton thread, sewing, containing any synthetic staple fibre | 10% |
| 5204 20 20 | Cotton thread, darning | 10% |
| 5204 20 30 | Embroidery cotton thread | 10% |
| 5204 20 40 | Cotton sewing thread, not containing any synthetic staple fibre | 10% |
| 5204 20 90 | Other | 10% |
| 5205 11 10 | Grey | 10% |
| 5205 11 20 | Bleached | 10% |
| 5205 11 30 | Dyed | 10% |
| 5205 11 90 | Other | 10% |
| 5205 12 10 | Grey | 10% |
| 5205 12 20 | Bleached | 10% |
| 5205 12 30 | Dyed | 10% |
| 5205 12 90 | Other | 10% |
| 5205 13 10 | Grey | 10% |
| 5205 13 20 | Bleached | 10% |
| 5205 13 30 | Dyed | 10% |
| 5205 13 90 | Other | 10% |
| 5205 14 10 | Grey | 10% |
| 5205 14 20 | Bleached | 10% |