Code 6309 00 · Heading 6309

Clearly worn used clothing, clothing accessories, blankets and household textiles, in bulk packaging (not rugs, tapestries or bedding)

This covers clearly worn used clothing, clothing accessories, blankets and similar covers, and other used household or home items made from any textile material, including footwear and headwear. The goods must be unpackaged or packed in bales, sacks or similar packaging, in unwrapped bundles, or loosely in crates; rugs and other floor coverings, tapestries, and bedding covered by heading 9404 are excluded.

For example

Clearly worn used clothing made of textile material, packed in bales
Clearly worn used footwear made of textile material, packed in sacks
Clearly worn used blankets made of textile material, in unwrapped bundles
Clearly worn used household textile items, loosely packed in crates

See the official tariff text

Official tariff text

Worn clothing and clothing accessories, blankets and travelling rugs, household linen and articles for interior furnishing, of all types of textile materials, incl. all types of footwear and headgear, showing signs of appreciable wear and presented in bulk or in bales, sacks or similar packings (excl. carpets, other floor coverings and tapestries)

How we got to this code

XI
63
6309
6309 00

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The path to this code

Every code is reached through these choices, one level at a time.

Step 4 of 4

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?
✓
Step 2 · Chapter 63 Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing… 14 of 14 chapters in section XI
Which named product type best describes it: a blanket; bed linen, table linen, towels or similar item; a curtain or blind; another indoor home textile; a textile packaging sack or bag; a tarpaulin, awning, tent, boat or board sail, or camping item; another made-up textile article; a needlework set; a used worn textile item; or a rag or textile waste?
✓
Step 3 · Heading 6309 Brugte beklædningsgenstande, brugt tilbehør til bek… 9 of 10 headings under chapter 63
Is it used clothing, a clothing accessory, a blanket or similar textile item, or used household or home equipment, including footwear or headwear, with clear signs of wear and packed loose or in the simple bulk packaging described here?
✓
Step 4 · Subheading 6309 00 Worn clothing and clothing accessories, blankets an… 1 of 1 subheading under heading 6309
Does the item match the single description for clearly worn used clothing, clothing accessories, blankets or similar covers, or household and home textiles—including footwear and headwear—made of any textile material and presented unpackaged or in one of the listed bulk forms?

Pick the 8-digit code

Import duty on the codes below: 5.3%

Only one code below

6309 00 00

5.3%

This subheading has one 8-digit code, so that is the code to use.

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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

No single rate is published.

Their lines1 Norwegian line
EU originDuty free

63.09.0000 Worn clothing and other worn articles.

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

4.0%

Their lines1 British line
EU originDuty free

6309 00 00 00 Worn clothing and other worn articles

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

0.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines2 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

6309.00.00.10 Worn clothing and other worn articles, Worn clothing

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

See the 1 Norwegian line

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.

63.09.0000

Worn clothing and other worn articles.

Ordinary duty

No single rate is published for this line. Check the Norwegian tariff.

Goods of EU origin

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

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.

See the 1 British line

Selling to Great Britain

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

6309 00 00 00

Worn clothing and other worn articles

Ordinary duty

4.0%

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).

See the 2 US lines

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.

6309.00.00.10

Worn clothing and other worn articles, Worn clothing

General rate

Free

From the EU

0.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.86 U.S. note 52(b) to subchapter III of chapter 99, 91 FR 47318: as provided in heading 9903.05.86, the duties imposed by headings 9903.05.20 through 9903.05.84 shall not apply to articles classifiable in the listed provisions
6309.00.00.20

Worn clothing and other worn articles, Other

General rate

Free

From the EU

0.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.86 U.S. note 52(b) to subchapter III of chapter 99, 91 FR 47318: as provided in heading 9903.05.86, the duties imposed by headings 9903.05.20 through 9903.05.84 shall not apply to articles classifiable in the listed provisions

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.