HSN chapter guide
Chapter 56 — Wadding, felt & nonwovens
55 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
- This Chapter does not cover: (a) Wadding, felt or nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with substances or preparations (for example, perfumes or cosmetics of Chapter 33, soaps or detergents of heading 34.01, polishes, creams or similar preparations of heading 34.05, fabric softeners of heading 38.09) where the textile material is present merely as a carrying medium; (b) Textile products of heading 58.11; (c) Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a backing of felt or nonwovens (heading 68.05); (d) Agglomerated or reconstituted mica, on a backing of felt or nonwovens (heading 68.14); (e) Metal foil on a backing of felt or nonwovens (generally Section XIV or XV); or (f) Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers) and napkin liners and similar articles of heading 96.19.
- The term 'felt' includes needleloom felt and fabrics consisting of a web of textile fibres the cohesion of which has been enhanced by a stitch-bonding process using fibres from the web itself.
- Headings 56.02 and 56.03 cover respectively felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics or rubber whatever the nature of these materials (compact or cellular). Heading 56.03 also includes nonwovens in which plastics or rubber forms the bonding substance. Headings 56.02 and 56.03 do not, however, cover: (a) Felt impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics or rubber, containing 50% or less by weight of textile material or felt completely embedded in plastics or rubber (Chapter 39 or 40); (b) Nonwovens, either completely embedded in plastics or rubber, or entirely coated or covered on both sides with such materials, provided that such coating or covering can be seen with the naked eye (Chapter 39 or 40); or (c) Plates, sheets or strip of cellular plastics or cellular rubber combined with felt or nonwovens, where the textile material is present merely for reinforcing purposes (Chapter 39 or 40).
- Heading 56.04 does not cover textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading 54.04 or 54.05, in which the impregnation, coating or covering cannot be seen with the naked eye (usually Chapters 50 to 55); for the purpose of this provision, no account should be taken of any resulting change of colour.
Sample 8-digit lines
| HSN | Description | BCD |
|---|---|---|
| 5601 21 10 | Absorbent cotton wool | 10% |
| 5601 21 90 | Other | 10% |
| 5601 22 00 | Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof : -- Of man-made fibres | 10% |
| 5601 29 00 | Other | 10% |
| 5601 30 00 | Textile flock and dust and mill neps | 20% |
| 5602 10 00 | Needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics | 10% |
| 5602 21 00 | Of wool or fine animal hair | 10% |
| 5602 29 10 | For machines other than cotton machinery | 10% |
| 5602 29 20 | Of jute (including blended or union jute), other than for machinery | 10% |
| 5602 29 90 | Other | 10% |
| 5602 90 10 | Of Rubberised coir, needled felt | 10% |
| 5602 90 90 | Other | 10% |
| 5603 11 10 | Crop covers, conforming to IS 16718 | 20% |
| 5603 11 90 | Other | 20% |
| 5603 12 00 | Weighing more than 25 g/m2 but not more than 70 g/m2 | 20% |
| 5603 13 00 | Weighing more than 70 g/m2 but not more than 150 g/m2 | 10% |
| 5603 14 00 | Weighing more than 150 g/m2 | 20% |
| 5603 91 00 | Weighing not more than 25 g/m2 | 10% |
| 5603 92 00 | Weighing more than 25 g/m2 but not more than 70 g/m2 | 20% |
| 5603 93 10 | Mulch Mats, conforming to IS 17355 | 10% |
| 5603 93 90 | Other | 10% |
| 5603 94 10 | Non-woven Geotextile and articles thereof, Conforming to IS 16391, IS 16392 | 20% |
| 5603 94 20 | Mulch Mats, conforming to IS 17355 | 20% |
| 5603 94 90 | Other | 20% |
| 5604 10 00 | Rubber thread and cord, textile covered | 10% |
| 5604 90 00 | Other | 10% |
| 5605 00 10 | Real zari thread (gold) and silver thread combined with textile thread | 10% |
| 5605 00 20 | Imitation zari thread | 10% |
| 5605 00 90 | Other | 10% |
| 5606 00 10 | Trimmings, of cotton | 10% |
| 5606 00 20 | Trimmings, of man-made fibres | 10% |
| 5606 00 30 | Trimmings, of zari | 10% |
| 5606 00 90 | Other | 10% |
| 5607 21 00 | Binder or baler twine | 10% |
| 5607 29 00 | Other | 10% |
| 5607 41 00 | Binder or baler twine | 10% |
| 5607 49 00 | Other | 10% |
| 5607 50 10 | Nylon fish net twine | 10% |
| 5607 50 20 | Nylon tyre cord | 10% |
| 5607 50 30 | Viscose tyre cord | 10% |