HS chapter 53
Other vegetable textile fibres
Chapter 53 has 10 headings with 34 EU tariff lines and 31 Mercosur tariff lines. Duty-free from entry into force: 12 EU and 14 Mercosur lines. Ten years or more, a quota or excluded: 0 EU and 0 Mercosur lines.
Official chapter title: Vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn · Data last updated 18 October 2026
How fast duties fall
Tariff lines of the chapter by staging category, in each schedule.
| Treatment | EU lines | Mercosur lines |
|---|---|---|
| Duty-free from entry into force (0) | 12 | 14 |
| Phased out over 4 to 8 years | 22 | 17 |
Headings in this chapter
Headings with a product page are linked. For the others, open the calculator. Heading descriptions are the English HS nomenclature.
| Heading | Description | Into the EU | Into Brazil | Calculate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5301 | Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) | base 0% | base 6% | Calculate |
| 5302 | True hemp (cannabis sativa L.), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of true hemp (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) | base 0% | base 6% | Calculate |
| 5303 | Jute and other textile bast fibres (not flax, true hemp and ramie), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of these fibres, including yarn waste and garnetted stock | base 0% | base 8% | Calculate |
| 5305 | Coconut, abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis Nee), ramie and other vegetable textile fibres n.e.c., raw or processed but not spun; tow, noils and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) | base 0% | base 6% | Calculate |
| 5306 | Flax yarn | base 3.8–5%zero by 2030 | base 18%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 5307 | Yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading no. 5305 | base 0% | base 18%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 5308 | Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn | base 0–4.9%zero by 2030 | base 18%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 5309 | Woven fabrics of flax | base 8%zero by 2034 | base 26%zero by 2034 | Calculate |
| 5310 | Woven fabrics of jute, other textile bast fibres of heading no. 5303 | base 4%zero by 2034 | base 26%zero by 2034 | Calculate |
| 5311 | Woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres; woven fabrics of paper yarn | base 5.8–8%zero by 2034 | base 26%zero by 2034 | Calculate |