HTS heading · chapter 53
5303
Jute and other textile bast fibers (excluding flax, true hemp and ramie), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of these fibers (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
Analysis
Heading 5303 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers jute and other textile bast fibers (excluding flax, true hemp and ramie), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of these fibers (including yarn waste and garnetted stock). It divides into 2 six-digit subheadings and 2 eight-digit tariff lines, with 2 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
Every one of its 2 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
The largest subheadings are 5303.10 (unnamed, 1 line) and 5303.90 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 38th percentile of the headings in chapter 53.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming (111998) and All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills (314999). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5303.10.00 | Jute and other textile bast fibers, raw or retted | Free |
| 5303.90.00 | Jute and other textile bast fibers (excluding flax, true hemp and ramie), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of these fibers (including yarn waste and garnetted stock): other | Free |