Chapter 53 at a glance
- HS chapter
- 53
- Section
- XI — Textiles & textile articles
- Tariff headings
- 10 (23 subheadings)
As at 2026-08-06. Source: SARS Tariff Book, Schedule 1 Part 1.
HS Chapter 53 covers other vegetable textile fibres. Every tariff heading in the chapter is listed below, with its subheadings. Headings we have researched carry a duty page link showing the South African customs duty, a worked landed-cost example and any anti-dumping or ITAC permit exposure.
All 10 tariff headings in Chapter 53
Harmonised System HS 2022 nomenclature — the same headings and subheadings the SARS Tariff Book is built on. South Africa classifies to 8 digits, so confirm the last two digits of your line in the Tariff Book before you clear.
5301 Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
- 5301.10 Flax; raw or retted, but not spun
- 5301.21 Flax; broken or scutched, but not spun
- 5301.29 Flax; hackled or otherwise processed, but not spun
- 5301.30 Flax; tow and waste, including yarn waste and garnetted stock
5302 True hemp (cannabis sativa L.), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of true hemp (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
- 5302.10 Hemp (cannabis sativa L.); raw or retted, but not spun
- 5302.90 Hemp (cannabis sativa L.); processed (other than retted) (but not spun), true hemp tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
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
- 5303.10 Jute and other textile bast fibres; raw or retted, but not spun, (excluding flax, hemp (cannabis sativa L.), and ramie)
- 5303.90 Jute and other textile bast fibres; processed but not spun, tow and waste of these fibres, including yarn waste and garnetted stock (excluding flax, hemp (cannabis sativa L.), and ramie)
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)
- 5305.00 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)
5306 Flax yarn
- 5306.10 Yarn; of flax, single
- 5306.20 Yarn; of flax, multiple (folded) or cabled
5307 Yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading no. 5305
- 5307.10 Yarn; of jute or of other textile bast fibres, single
- 5307.20 Yarn; of jute or of other textile bast fibres, multiple (folded) or cabled
5308 Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn
- 5308.10 Yarn; of coir
- 5308.20 Yarn; of hemp (cannabis sativa L.)
- 5308.90 Yarn; of vegetable textile fibres n.e.c. in heading no. 5306, 5307 and 5308
5309 Woven fabrics of flax
- 5309.11 Fabrics, woven; of flax, containing 85% or more flax, unbleached or bleached
- 5309.19 Fabrics, woven; of flax, containing 85% or more flax, other than bleached or unbleached
- 5309.21 Fabrics, woven; of flax, containing less than 85% flax, unbleached or bleached
- 5309.29 Fabrics, woven; of flax, containing less than 85% flax, other than unbleached or bleached
5310 Woven fabrics of jute, other textile bast fibres of heading no. 5303
- 5310.10 Fabrics, woven; of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading no. 5303, unbleached
- 5310.90 Fabrics, woven; of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading no. 5303, other than unbleached
5311 Woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres; woven fabrics of paper yarn
- 5311.00 Fabrics, woven; of vegetable textile fibres n.e.c. in heading no. 5309 and 5310, woven fabrics of paper yarn