Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, whether or not assembled into strips; plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, bound together in parallel strands or woven, in sheet form, whether or not being finished articles (for example, mats, matting, screens)
Chapter: Manufactures of straw; basketware. MFN tariff rates, zero-rate jurisdictions, FTA preferences, and import permit/compliance requirements across 13 customs authorities for HS Heading 4601.
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Cross-jurisdiction matrix
Tariff = primary MFN/BCD column; compliance = LARTAS, FDA permits, BIS, TISI, prohibition lists etc.
| ISO | Country | Codes | MFN range | Zero | FTA | Permits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | United States | 20 | 2.7% – 8% | 5 | Yes | None | Browse → |
| IN | India | 7 | 10% – 10% | — | — | 7 | Browse → |
| ID | Indonesia | 16 | 5% – 25% | — | Yes | 16 | Browse → |
| MY | Malaysia | 16 | 5% – 25% | — | Yes | None | Browse → |
| PH | Philippines | 20 | — | — | — | None | Browse → |
| TH | Thailand | 16 | 30% – 80% | — | Yes | 12 | Browse → |
| VN | Vietnam | 16 | 30% – 30% | — | Yes | 16 | Browse → |
| JP | Japan | 14 | 3% – 6% | 1 | Yes | None | Browse → |
| KR | Korea | 8 | 8% – 8% | — | Yes | None | Browse → |
| AU | Australia | 7 | — | 7 | Yes | None | Browse → |
| GB | United Kingdom | 18 | 0% – 0% | 18 | — | None | Browse → |
| BR | Brazil | 7 | 10.8% – 10.8% | — | — | None | Browse → |
| MX | Mexico | 12 | 10% – 15% | — | — | None | Browse → |
| CN | China | 20 | 7% – 7% | — | Yes | 20 | Browse → |
Drill down to 6-digit subheadings
7 WCO subheadings under this heading. Click any to see 6-digit cross-country tariff detail.
HS Legal Notes · Chapter 46
Chapter and Section Notes are the legal basis of HS classification (GIR Rule 1), overriding intuitive readings of heading texts.
Chapter 46 Notes
1. In this chapter, the expression 'plaiting materials' means materials in a state or form suitable for plaiting, interlacing or similar processes; it includes straw, osier or willow, bamboos, rattans, rushes, reeds, strips of wood, strips of other vegetable material (for example, strips of bark, narrow leaves and raffia or other strips obtained from broad leaves), unspun natural textile fibres, monofilament and strip and the like of plastics and strips of paper, but not strips of leather or composition leather or of felt or nonwovens, human hair, horsehair, textile rovings or yarns, or monofilament and strip and the like of Chapter 54.
2. This chapter does not cover:
a. wallcoverings of heading 4814;
b. twine, cordage, ropes or cables, plaited or not (heading 5607);
c. footwear or headgear or parts thereof of Chapter 64 or 65;
d. vehicles or bodies for vehicles of basketware (Chapter 87); or
e. articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings).
3. For the purposes of heading 4601, the expression 'plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, bound together in parallel strands' means plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, placed side by side and bound together, in the form of sheets, whether or not the binding materials are of spun textile materials.
Source: HS legal notes as enacted (via UK Trade Tariff official publication)