HS Code Finder

Terry towelling toilet linen of cotton classifies under HS 6302.60. The word doing the work is terry: it means looped pile. A cotton towel without that pile, such as a waffle towel or a flat-woven hammam towel, is not 6302.60 at all and belongs with the other cotton toilet linen at 6302.91. Plenty of buyers declare everything bath-shaped as 6302.60 out of habit, which is a wrong declaration even where the duty happens to be similar.

Woven cotton bed linen splits on whether it is printed. Printed cotton bed linen is 6302.21 and everything else in cotton is 6302.31, which is where most white and satin-stripe hotel linen actually lands. Printed means a pattern applied to the finished cloth - a woven-in stripe or jacquard is not printing and does not move the code. Bed linen where man-made fibres predominate by weight goes to 6302.32, and knitted jersey bed linen to 6302.10.

Not 6302, which is the mistake that costs money. A bathrobe is a garment and classifies in the apparel chapters: 6208.91 for women's woven cotton and 6207.91 for men's, or 6108.91 and 6107.91 respectively when the robe is knitted. It does not matter that it is cut from the same terry towelling as the towels or that it ships in the same carton. Apparel rates run above the 6302 lines in most Western markets, and trade agreements schedule the apparel chapters separately, so a preference that zero-rates your towels may not cover your robes at all.

Because the code decides the duty rate, and because you are the one who pays when it is wrong. Three things follow from the heading: what percentage lands on your CIF value, whether a trade agreement covers the goods, and what the destination requires by way of labelling and conformity. Brokers classify from the description you give them, so a vague commercial invoice produces a guess. Getting it right before the goods ship is far cheaper than a post-clearance audit.

No, and they routinely ship in the same order. A filled duvet, quilt or comforter is an article of bedding in Chapter 94 at 9404.40. The empty duvet cover that goes over it is bed linen at 6302. The same split applies to pillows at 9404.90 against the pillowcases at 6302. Two lines on one packing list, two headings, two duty rates.

By whichever fibre predominates by weight, not by which one the marketing leads with. A 55/45 cotton-poly sheet follows the cotton headings; a 50/50 needs care because the tie-breaking rules in the tariff decide it, and it is worth a broker ruling rather than a guess. This is the single most common reason a declared code and an audited code diverge on bed linen.

The first six are the international Harmonized System and are the same in every country that uses it. Beyond that each destination adds its own detail - eight digits in the EU Combined Nomenclature, ten in the US HTS and the UK tariff - and that national extension is where the actual rate is set. Use the six digits here to get to the right place in your destination tariff, then read the rate off the national line.

Our standard minimum is 500 pcs trial / 2,000 pcs wholesale for towels, 200 sets trial (wholesale threshold to confirm) for bed linen, and 200 pcs trial (wholesale threshold to confirm) for bathrobes. "Per SKU" means per size and colour combination. We can run 500 pcs (trial run, small premium) for a genuine first trial. Below roughly 300 pieces we are honestly the wrong supplier — a loom set-up and a dye lot cost the same whether you order 100 towels or 1,000, so the per-piece price stops making sense for you. At that size a local wholesaler will serve you better, and we would rather tell you that than waste your week.

2 free pcs per spec — you pay courier only. Courier from Kerala to most countries runs $35–$60 via DHL or FedEx and arrives in 7–14 days. We recommend asking for two GSM weights side by side — most buyers change their mind about weight once they hold both. Sample cost is credited back against your first bulk order.

30% advance, 70% against B/L copy — so 70% of your money is still with you when the goods leave the port. You get photos of the actual production run before the balance is due. You can also appoint a third-party inspector (SGS, Bureau Veritas or Intertek, roughly $300–$500 for a single inspection) to check the goods at our factory before you release the balance; we will schedule it and give them access. If a shipment does not match the approved sample, we remake or credit it.

In most countries, no — not for commercial quantities of ordinary cotton textiles. In the US, UK, EU, UAE, Australia and Canada, a business tax or VAT registration number is normally all that is required, and your freight forwarder or customs broker files the entry for you. Some markets do require an importer registration (Saudi Arabia and Egypt among them). Tell us your country and we will tell you plainly what you need before you commit any money.

FOB means the price to get goods loaded onto the ship at Cochin port — freight, duty and local delivery are on top. As a rough guide, sea freight adds $0.15–$0.45 per towel on a shared container and less on a full one; import duty is typically 6–12% depending on your country. We quote CIF (freight included) or DDP (everything included, delivered to your address) on request, so you can compare one final number instead of guessing. Our landed-cost calculator does the arithmetic for you.

Yes, absolutely. Certification is not a hoop we make you jump through — it is simply how we already manufacture. Every piece is made under OEKO-TEX Standard 100 whether you ask for the certificate or not, and it costs you nothing extra. If you do not need the paperwork, do not ask for it and nothing about your order or price changes. Buyers who supply hotel groups or EU retailers usually want the documents; an Airbnb host or a salon owner almost never does.

30–45 days for production, plus shipping. Sea freight is 10–16 days to the Gulf, 22–30 days to Europe and the UK, 28–38 days to the US east coast, and 18–25 days to Australia. Air freight cuts that to 3–5 days but costs roughly 6–8× more per kilo, so it is worth it for samples and rarely worth it for bulk. Plan on about 8–10 weeks door to door for a first sea shipment.

Fair question, and one you should ask everyone. We are a manufacturer in Kerala, India — you can video-call the floor during Indian working hours with no notice, and we will walk the looms and the dye house for you. We will also give you our IEC (Import Export Code) and GST registration to verify independently. A trading company will usually decline a live unscheduled video call, which is the cheapest test you can run on any supplier.

Yes. Woven labels, printed care labels, embroidered logos, custom packaging and retail barcodes are all standard. Logo embroidery adds about $0.30–$0.60 per piece; a custom woven label adds about $0.06–$0.12. Private-label MOQ is 2,000 pieces per SKU rather than 500, because the label and packaging themselves carry a minimum run.