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Code 5911 90 · Heading 5911

Other textile fabrics and articles for technical use

This covers textile fabrics and textile articles for technical use that are not specifically covered by the neighbouring categories. The goods must be the type mentioned in the legal note for technical textile goods.

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Official tariff text

Textile products and articles, for technical purposes, specified in Note 7 to chapter 59, n.e.s.

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  1. XI
  2. 59
  3. 5911
  4. 5911 90
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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0–6.0%

3 codes below this one

This is the catch-all under 5911: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.

This is the remainder for textile fabrics and articles for technical use in the parent group that are not named as card clothing material, sieve cloth, paper-machine cloth or felt, oil-press filter cloth, or another specifically listed class.

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 6.0%.

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 lines3 Norwegian lines

59.11.9001 Filter bags and similar for use in purifying plants

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

From 0.0% to 6.0%

  • Their lines6 British lines

5911 90 10 00 Of felt

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

  • Their lines2 US lines
  • Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

5911.90.00.40 Textile products and articles, for technical uses, specified in note 8 to this chapter

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.

  • 59.11.9001

    Filter bags and similar for use in purifying plants

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free

  • 59.11.9002

    Machine joints and gaskets

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free

  • 59.11.9009

    Other

    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.

  • 5911 90 10 00

    Of felt

    Ordinary duty
    6.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

  • 5911 90 91 00

    Self-adhesive circular polishing pads of a kind used for the manufacture of semiconductor wafers

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free

  • 5911 90 99 30

    Parts of equipment for the purification of water by reverse osmosis, consisting essentially of plastic-based membranes, supported internally by woven or non-woven textile materials which are wound round a perforated tube, and enclosed in a cylindrical plastic casing of a wall-thickness of not more than 4 mm, whether or not housed in a cylinder of a wall-thickness of 5 mm or more

    Ordinary duty
    6.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

  • 5911 90 99 40

    Multi-layered non-woven polyester polishing pads, impregnated with polyurethane

    Ordinary duty
    6.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

  • 5911 90 99 50

    Loudspeaker vibration damper, made from round, corrugated, flexible and cut-to-size tissue of textile fibres of polyester, cotton or aramid or a combination hereof, of a kind used in car loudspeakers

    Ordinary duty
    6.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

  • 5911 90 99 90

    Other

    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.

  • 5911.90.00.40

    Textile products and articles, for technical uses, specified in note 8 to this chapter, Other, Cords, braids and the like of a kind used in industry as packing or lubricating material

    General rate
    3.8%
    From the EU
    10.0% 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

  • 5911.90.00.80

    Textile products and articles, for technical uses, specified in note 8 to this chapter, Other

    General rate
    3.8%
    From the EU
    10.0% 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

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.