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HS chapter 52

Cotton

Chapter 52 has 12 headings with 149 EU tariff lines and 147 Mercosur tariff lines. Duty-free from entry into force: 6 EU and 7 Mercosur lines. Ten years or more, a quota or excluded: 0 EU and 0 Mercosur lines.

Official chapter title: Cotton · Data last updated 18 October 2026

How fast duties fall

Tariff lines of the chapter by staging category, in each schedule.

How fast duties fall
TreatmentEU linesMercosur lines
Duty-free from entry into force (0)67
Phased out over 4 to 8 years143140

Headings in this chapter

Headings with a product page are linked. For the others, open the calculator. Heading descriptions are the English HS nomenclature.

Headings in this chapter
HeadingDescriptionInto the EUInto BrazilCalculate
5201Cotton; not carded or combedbase 0%base 0–6%Calculate
5202Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)base 0%base 6%Calculate
5203Cotton, carded or combedbase 0%base 8%Calculate
5204Cotton sewing thread, whether or not put up for retail salebase 4–5%zero by 2030base 18%zero by 2030Calculate
5205Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail salebase 4–4.4%zero by 2030base 18%zero by 2030Calculate
5206Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, not put up for retail salebase 4%zero by 2030base 18%zero by 2030Calculate
5207Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), put up for retail salebase 5%zero by 2030base 18%zero by 2030Calculate
5208Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2base 8%zero by 2034base 26%zero by 2034Calculate
5209Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200g/m2base 8%zero by 2034base 26%zero by 2034Calculate
5210Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing not more than 200 g/m2base 8%zero by 2034base 26%zero by 2034Calculate
5211Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200g/m2base 8%zero by 2034base 26%zero by 2034Calculate
5212Other woven fabrics of cotton, n.e.c. in chapter 52base 8%zero by 2034base 26%zero by 2034Calculate
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