Code 5602 10 · Heading 5602

Needle felt and stitch-bonded fabric, treated or untreated

This code covers needle felt and fabric made by stitch-bonding, whether impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, and whether or not made from a particular material. It is for these products when they are not specified more precisely by a lower-level code.

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Official tariff text

Needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s.

How we got to this code

XI
56
5602
5602 10

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Step 1 · Section XI Textiles and textile articles
Which named textile group best describes the product: natural silk; wool or fine or coarse animal hair; cotton; other vegetable textile fibres or paper yarn; continuous or short synthetic fibres; wadding, felt or nonwovens; floor coverings; special woven or tufted fabrics, lace, tapestries, trimmings or embroidery; coated or laminated fabric or technical textile goods; knitted fabric; knitted clothing; non-knitted clothing; or other made-up textile goods?
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Step 2 · Chapter 56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, … 7 of 14 chapters in section XI
Is the product textile wadding or flock, felt, nonwoven fabric, rubber thread or coated textile yarn, metallic yarn, covered or chenille yarn, twine, cordage or rope, knotted netting or a made-up net, or another article made from the specified yarns, twine, cordage or rope?
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Step 3 · Heading 5602 Felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered o… 2 of 9 headings under chapter 56
Is it needle felt or stitch-bonded fabric; if not, is the felt impregnated, coated, covered or laminated; if not, is it made of wool or fine animal hair?
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Step 4 · Subheading 5602 10 Needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics, wh… 1 of 4 subheadings under heading 5602
Is it needle felt or stitch-bonded fabric, and is it untreated—if so, is it made from jute or other bast fibres covered by heading 5303, wool or fine animal hair, or another material—or is it impregnated, coated, covered or laminated?

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Import duty on the codes below: 6.7%

5 codes below this one

This is the catch-all under 5602: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.

Within the parent group, this is for felt products that are needle felt or stitch-bonded fabric, because the sibling codes specifically exclude those constructions.

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5602 10 Needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, n.e.s. you are here 6.7%
5602 21 Felt, not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of wool or fine animal hair, n.e.s. (excl. needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics) 6.7%
5602 29 Felt, not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated (excl. that of wool or fine animal hair; needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics) 6.7%
5602 90 Felt, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated (excl. needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics) 6.7%

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

Their lines1 Norwegian line

56.02.1000 Needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

6.0%

Their lines6 British lines
EU originDuty free

5602 10 11 00 Of jute or other textile bast fibres of heading 5303

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

From 10.6% to 12.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines3 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

5602.10.10.00 Felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, Needleloom felt

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

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Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

56.02.1000

Needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

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Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

All 6 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

5602.10.10.00

Felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, Needleloom felt and stitchbonded fiber fabrics, Laminated fabrics (223)

General rate

12%

From the EU

12.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
5602.10.90.10

Felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, Needleloom felt and stitchbonded fiber fabrics, Other, Of wool or fine animal hair (414)

General rate

10.6%

From the EU

10.6% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
5602.10.90.90

Felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, Needleloom felt and stitchbonded fiber fabrics, Other, Other (223)

General rate

10.6%

From the EU

10.6% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.