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Division CHAPTER 50 SILK

United Kingdom

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CN codeDescription
Conventional rate of duty (%)
Supplementary unit
50010000Silkworm cocoons suitable for reelingFree—
50020000Raw silk (not thrown)Free—
5003Silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted stock):
50031000Not carded or combedFree—
50039000OtherFree—
500400Silk yarn (other than yarn spun from silk waste) not put up for retail sale:
50040010Unbleached, scoured or bleached4—
50040090Other4—
500500Yarn spun from silk waste, not put up for retail sale:
50050010Unbleached, scoured or bleached2,9—
50050090Other2,9—
500600Silk yarn and yarn spun from silk waste, put up for retail sale; silkworm gut:
50060010Silk yarn5—
50060090Yarn spun from noil or other silk waste; silkworm gut2,9—
5007Woven fabrics of silk or of silk waste:
50071000Fabrics of noil silk3m2
500720Other fabrics, containing 85 % or more by weight of silk or of silk waste other than noil silk:
Crêpes:
50072011Unbleached, scoured or bleached6,9m2
50072019Other6,9m2
Pongee, habutai, honan, shantung, corah and similar far eastern fabrics, wholly of silk (not mixed with noil or other silk waste or with other textile materials):
50072021Plain-woven, unbleached or not further processed than scoured5,3m2
Other:
50072031Plain-woven7,5m2
50072039Other7,5m2
Other:
50072041Diaphanous fabrics (open weave)7,2m2
Other:
50072051Unbleached, scoured or bleached7,2m2
50072059Dyed7,2m2
Of yarns of different colours:
50072061Of a width exceeding 57 cm but not exceeding 75 cm7,2m2
50072069Other7,2m2
50072071Printed7,2m2
500790Other fabrics:
50079010Unbleached, scoured or bleached6,9m2
50079030Dyed6,9m2
50079050Of yarns of different colours6,9m2
50079090Printed6,9m2