Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables

The 9 headings of chapter 56

• 5601: Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof; textile fibers, not exceeding 5 mm in length (flock), textile dust and mill neps (9 codes, General duty Free to 6.3%)
• 5602: Felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated (8 codes, General duty Free to 12%, some per unit)
• 5603: Nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated (27 codes, General duty Free)
• 5604: Rubber thread and cord, textile covered; textile yarn, and strip and the like of heading 5404 or 5405, impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics (3 codes, General duty 5% to 8.8%)
• 5605: Metalized yarn, whether or not gimped, being textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading 5404 or 5405, combined with metal in the form of thread, strip or powder or covered with metal (2 codes, General duty 7.5% to 13.2%)
• 5606: Gimped yarn, and strip and the like of heading 5404 or 5405, gimped (other than those of heading 5605 and gimped horsehair yarn); chenille yarn (including flock chenille yarn); loop wale-yarn (2 codes, General duty 8%)
• 5607: Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, whether or not plaited or braided and whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics (16 codes, General duty Free to 10.8%, some per unit)
• 5608: Knotted netting of twine, cordage or rope; made up fishing nets and other made up nets, of textile materials (10 codes, General duty 5% to 14.1%)
• 5609: Articles of yarn, strip or the like of heading 5404 or 5405, twine, cordage, rope or cables, not elsewhere specified or included (4 codes, General duty Free to 4.5%)

Where it sits in the schedule

Chapter 56 is in Section XI of the Harmonized System, textiles and apparel (chapters 50 to 63). Rates are those printed in the 2026 HTS Revision 23; Chapter 99 duties (Section 232, Section 301, IEEPA) are charged on top and are not included.