{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1994-3115/annex-I/chapter-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1994-3115/annex-I/chapter-53.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1994/3115",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 3115/94 of 20 December 1994 amending Annexes I and II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1994-3115",
  "path": "annex/I/chapter/53",
  "kind": "chapter",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "OTHER VEGETABLE TEXTILE FIBRES; PAPER YARN AND WOVEN FABRICS OF PAPER YARN",
  "text": "CN code\nDescription\nRate of duty\nautonomous (%)\nconventional (%)\nSupplementary unit\n5301\nFlax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)\n53011000\nFlax, raw or retted\nFree\n—\n—\nFlax, broken, scutched, hackled or otherwise processed, but not spun\n53012100\nBroken or scutched\nFree\n—\n—\n53012900\nOther\nFree\n—\n—\n530130\nFlax tow and waste\n53013010\nTow\nFree\n—\n—\n53013090\nFlax waste\nFree\n—\n—\n5302\nTrue hemp (Cannabis sativa L.), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of true hemp (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)\n53021000\nTrue hemp, raw or retted\nFree\n—\n—\n53029000\nOther\nFree\n—\n—\n5303\nJute and other textile bast fibres (excluding flax, true hemp and ramie), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)\n53031000\nJute and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted\nFree\nFree\n—\n53039000\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—\n5304\nSisal and other textile fibres of the genus Agave, raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)\n53041000\nSisal and other textile fibres of the genus Agave, raw\nFree\nFree\n—\n53049000\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—\n5305\nCoconut, abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis Nee), ramie and other vegetable textile fibres, not elsewhere specified or included, raw or processed but not spun; tow, noils and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)\nOf coconut (coir)\n53051100\nRaw\nFree\nFree\n—\n53051900\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—\nOf abaca\n53052100\nRaw\nFree\nFree\n—\n53052900\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—\nOther\n53059100\nRaw\nFree\nFree\n—\n53059900\nOther\nFree\nFree\n—\n5306\nFlax yarn\n530610\nSingle\nNot put up for retail sale\nMeasuring 833,3 decitex or more (not exceeding 12 metric number)\n53061011\nUnbleached\n10\n4,1\n—\n53061019\nOther\n10\n4,1\n—\nMeasuring less than 833,3 decitex but not less than 277,8 decitex (exceeding 12 metric number but not exceeding 36 metric number)\n53061031\nUnbleached\n10\n4,1\n—\n53061039\nOther\n10\n4,1\n—\n53061050\nMeasuring less than 277,8 decitex (exceeding 36 metric number)\n10\n3,8\n—\n53061090\nPut up for retail sale\n17\n5,8\n—\n530620\nMultiple (folded) or cabled\nNot put up for retail sale\n53062011\nUnbleached\n10\n4,5\n—\n53062019\nOther\n10\n4,5\n—\n53062090\nPut up for retail sale\n17\n5,8\n—\n5307\nYarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 5303\n530710\nSingle\n53071010\nMeasuring 1 000 decitex or less (10 metric number or more)\nFree\n4,8\n—\n53071090\nMeasuring more than 1 000 decitex (less than 10 metric number)\nFree\n4,8\n—\n53072000\nMultiple (folded) or cabled\nFree\n4,8\n—\n5308\nYarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn\n53081000\nCoir yarn\nFree\nFree\n—\n530820\nTrue hemp yarn\n53082010\nNot put up for retail sale\n10\n3\n—\n53082090\nPut up for retail sale\n16\n4,9\n—\n53083000\nPaper yarn\n10\n5,2\n—\n530890\nOther\nRamie yarn\n53089011\nMeasuring 833,3 decitex or more (not exceeding 12 metric number)\n10\n4,1\n—\n53089013\nMeasuring less than 833,3 decitex but not less than 277,8 decitex (exceeding 12 metric number but not exceeding 36 metric number)\n10\n4,1\n—\n53089019\nMeasuring less than 277,8 decitex (exceeding 36 metric number)\n10\n3,8\n—\n53089090\nOther\n10\n3,8\n—\n5309\nWoven fabrics of flax\nContaining 85 % or more by weight of flax\n530911\nUnbleached or bleached\nUnbleached, of a weight\n53091111\nNot exceeding 400 g/m2\n21\n13,4\nm2\n53091119\nExceeding 400 g/m2\n21\n13,4\nm2\n53091190\nBleached\n21\n13,4\nm2\n530919\nOther\n53091910\nDyed or of yarns of different colours\n21\n13,4\nm2\n53091990\nPrinted\n21\n13,4\nm2\nContaining less than 85 % by weight of flax\n530921\nUnbleached or bleached\n53092110\nUnbleached\n21\n13,4\nm2\n53092190\nBleached\n21\n13,4\nm2\n530929\nOther\n53092910\nDyed or of yarns of different colours\n21\n13,4\nm2\n53092990\nPrinted\n21\n13,4\nm2\n5310\nWoven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 5303\n531010\nUnbleached\n53101010\nOf a width not exceeding 150 cm\n4\n8,1\nm2\n53101090\nOf a width exceeding 150 cm\n4\n8,8\nm2\n53109000\nOther\n4\n8,1\nm2\n531100\nWoven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres; woven fabrics of paper yarn\n53110010\nOf ramie\n21\n13,4\nm2\n53110090\nOther\n19\n5,8\nm2",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Duty reduced to 1,8 % in respect of unbleached flax yarn (other than tow yarn) measuring 333,3 decitex or more (not exceeding 30 metric number), intended for the manufacture of multiple or cabled yarn for the footwear industry or for whipping cables, within the limits of an annual quota of 400 tonnes to be granted by the competent Community authorities. The granting of such quotas shall, moreover, be subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1994/3115/annex/I/chapter/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:59:54.248029+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}