HSN chapter guide
Chapter 59 — Impregnated/coated textiles
72 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
- Except where the context otherwise requires, for the purposes of this Chapter the expression 'textile fabrics' applies only to the woven fabrics of Chapters 50 to 55 and headings 58.03 and 58.06, the braids and ornamental trimmings in the piece of heading 58.08 and the knitted or crocheted fabrics of headings 60.02 to 60.06.
- Heading 59.03 applies to: (a) Textile fabrics, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, whatever the weight per square metre and whatever the nature of the plastic material (compact or cellular), other than: (1) Fabrics in which the impregnation, coating or covering cannot be seen with the naked eye (usually Chapters 50 to 55, 58 or 60); (2) Products which cannot, without fracturing, be bent manually around a cylinder of a diameter of 7 mm at 15-30°C (usually Chapter 39); (3) Products in which the textile fabric is completely embedded in plastics or entirely coated on both sides, visible to the naked eye (Chapter 39); (4) Fabrics partially coated with plastics bearing designs from these treatments (usually Chapters 50 to 55, 58 or 60); (5) Plates, sheets or strip of cellular plastics, with textile for reinforcing only (Chapter 39); (6) Textile products of heading 58.11; and (b) Fabrics of heading 56.04.
- For the purposes of heading 59.03, 'textile fabrics laminated with plastics' means products made by the assembly of one or more layers of fabrics with one or more sheets or film of plastics which are combined by any process that bonds the layers together, whether or not the sheets or film of plastics are visible to the naked eye in the cross-section.
- For the purposes of heading 59.05, the expression 'textile wall coverings' applies to products in rolls, of a width of not less than 45 cm, suitable for wall or ceiling decoration, consisting of a textile surface which has been fixed on a backing or has been treated on the back.
Sample 8-digit lines
| HSN | Description | BCD |
|---|---|---|
| 5901 10 10 | Of cotton | 10% |
| 5901 10 20 | Prepared painting canvas | 10% |
| 5901 10 90 | Other | 10% |
| 5901 90 10 | Tracing cloth of cotton | 10% |
| 5901 90 20 | Varnished cambric fabrics (Empire fabrics) Tapes | 10% |
| 5901 90 90 | Other | 10% |
| 5902 10 10 | Impregnated with rubber | 20% |
| 5902 10 90 | Other | 20% |
| 5902 20 10 | Impregnated with rubber | 20% |
| 5902 20 90 | Other | 20% |
| 5902 90 10 | Impregnated with rubber | 20% |
| 5902 90 90 | Other | 20% |
| 5903 10 10 | Imitation leather fabrics of cotton | 20% |
| 5903 10 90 | Other | 20% |
| 5903 20 10 | Imitation leather fabrics, of cotton | 20% |
| 5903 20 90 | Other | 20% |
| 5903 90 10 | Of cotton | 20% |
| 5903 90 20 | Polyethylene laminated jute fabrics | 20% |
| 5903 90 90 | Other | 20% |
| 5904 10 00 | Linoleum | 10% |
| 5904 90 10 | Floor coverings with jute base | 10% |
| 5904 90 90 | Other | 10% |
| 5905 00 10 | Fixed on the backing of any material | 10% |
| 5905 00 90 | Other | 10% |
| 5906 10 00 | Adhesive tape of a width not exceeding 20 cm | 10% |
| 5906 91 10 | Of cotton | 10% |
| 5906 91 90 | Of other textile materials | 10% |
| 5906 99 10 | Insulating tape, electrical of cotton | 10% |
| 5906 99 20 | Rubberised cotton fabrics, other than knitted or crocheted | 10% |
| 5906 99 90 | Other | 10% |
| 5907 00 11 | On the base fabrics of cotton | 10% |
| 5907 00 12 | On the base fabrics of man-made textile material | 10% |
| 5907 00 19 | On base fabrics of other textile materials | 10% |
| 5907 00 91 | Cotton fabrics coated or impregnated with oil or preparations with basis of drying oil | 10% |
| 5907 00 92 | Other textile fabrics coated or impregnated with oil or oil preparations | 10% |
| 5907 00 93 | Jute fabrics otherwise impregnated or coated | 10% |
| 5907 00 99 | Other | 10% |
| 5908 00 10 | Wicks and gas mantle fabrics, of cotton | 10% |
| 5908 00 20 | Gas mantles of rayon | 10% |
| 5908 00 90 | Other | 10% |