UK Harmonised System · Section XI — Textiles and textile articles

Chapter 51 — Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric

13 headings sit inside this chapter. HMRC's official chapter notes below govern how goods are assigned to it under the WCO General Rules of Interpretation. To classify a specific product in this chapter, use the TariffFlow classify workspace. Every plan includes Guided questions, current HMRC measures, sharing, the library, and a Case Pack. Free includes five classifications per billing period.

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Official chapter notes

Verbatim text published by HMRC. These are the legal basis for classification decisions in this chapter; the "General Rules of Interpretation" point at them directly.

1. Throughout the nomenclature: a. 'wool' means the natural fibre grown by sheep or lambs; b. 'fine animal hair' means the hair of alpaca, llama, vicuna, camel (including dromedary), yak, angora, Tibetan, Kashmir or similar goats (but not common goats), rabbit (including angora rabbit), hare, beaver, nutria or muskrat; c. 'coarse animal hair' means the hair of animals not mentioned above, excluding brush-making hair and bristles (heading [0502](/headings/0502)) and horsehair (heading [0511](/headings/0511)).

Headings in Chapter 51

Each 4-digit heading below groups a family of related products. The full 10-digit commodity code is chosen further down the tree based on the product's material, form, and intended use.

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