Silk yarn (other than yarn spun from silk waste) not put up for retail sale.
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Silk yarn (other than yarn spun from silk waste) not put up for retail sale.
Manufacture from: -natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, -grege silk or silk waste, -chemical materials or textile pulp, or -man-made staple fibres, filament tow or waste of fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning Or Printing or dyeing of yarn or monofilaments, unbleached or prebleached, accompanied by preparatory or finishing operations, twisting or texturizing not being considered as such, the value of non-originating material (including yarn), not exceeding 48% of the ex-works price of the product
Source : Annex 22-01 DA 2015/2446
Spinning of natural fibres.
Extrusion of man-made continuous filament combined with spinning.
Extrusion of man-made continuous filament combined with twisting.
Twisting combined with any mechanical operation.
Spinning from natural/man-made staple fibres or extrusion of filament
Spinning of natural fibres, or extrusion of man-made fibres, accompanied by spinning
Algeria
Spinning of natural fibres, or extrusion of man-made fibres, accompanied by spinning
Australia
CTH: All non-originating materials used in the production of the good have undergone a change in tariff classification at the 4-digit level (tariff heading).
Caribbean Forum countries (15 states incl. Dominican Republic)
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials.
Cameroon
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
Canada
Spinning of natural fibres or extrusion of man-made fibres, accompanied by spinning or twisting.
Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste, carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials.
Chile
Manufacture from : - raw silk or silk waste, carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials.
Colombia, Peru, Ecuador
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste, carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials.
Cote d'Ivoire
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials.
Kenya, Rwanda (others pending ratification)
Spinning of natural fibres or extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by spinning or Twisting For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 6.
Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Zimbabwe
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials, or - textile pulp, or - paper-making materials.
Egypt
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste, carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials.
Faroe Islands
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste, carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials.
Georgia
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste, carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials.
Ghana
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste, carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper‐making materials.
Israel
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste, carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials.
Japan
Spinning of natural fibres.
Extrusion of man-made continuous filament combined with spinning.
Extrusion of man-made continuous filament combined with twisting.
Twisting combined with any mechanical operation.
Jordan
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste, carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials.
Kenya
Spinning of natural fibres or extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by spinning or Twisting For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 6.
Lebanon
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste, carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials.
Mexico
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see introductory note 5.
Moldova
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste, carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials.
Morocco
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste, carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials.
New Zealand
CTH: All non-originating materials used in the production of the good have undergone a change in tariff classification at the 4-digit level (tariff heading).
The good has a Regional Value Content (RVC) as calculated under Article 4 of the Origin Reference Document of not less than 40%, whether using the build-up method or build-down method (RVC40).
Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials.
Palestine
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste, carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials.
Singapore
Spinning of natural fibres or extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by spinning or twisting.
South Korea
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste, carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, Mozambique
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
Switzerland
Spinning of natural fibres.
Extrusion of man-made continuous filament combined with spinning.
Extrusion of man-made continuous filament combined with twisting.
Twisting combined with any mechanical operation. For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 6.
Tunisia
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste, carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
Turkey
Spinning of natural fibres.
Extrusion of man-made continuous filament combined with spinning.
Extrusion of man-made continuous filament combined with twisting.
Twisting combined with any mechanical operation.
United Kingdom
Spinning of natural fibres.
Extrusion of man-made continuous filament combined with spinning.
Extrusion of man-made continuous filament combined with twisting.
Twisting combined with any mechanical operation.
Ukraine
Manufacture from: - raw silk or silk waste, carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - other natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, - chemical materials or textile pulp, or - paper-making materials For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
Vietnam
Spinning of natural fibres or extrusion of man-made fibres accompanied by spinning or twisting.
Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein
Spinning of natural fibres.
Extrusion of man-made continuous filament combined with spinning.
Extrusion of man-made continuous filament combined with twisting.
Twisting combined with any mechanical operation. For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 6.
Spinning from natural/man-made staple fibres or extrusion of filament
Spinning from natural/man-made staple fibres or extrusion of filament
Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the good.
Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the good.
The EU imported 129 M€ (Jan 2022 – Mar 2026) for this HS code, with China as the main supplier.
EU Imports
129 M€
EU Exports
26 M€
Balance
103 M€
Top supplying countries (extra-EU)