Chapter 57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings

What HS Code 57 covers

Chapter 57 carpets and other textile floor coverings is the group of customs codes for textile things you lay on a floor. Some people search for it as HSN code 57. It is the same chapter. Customs uses these codes for tariff classification, which means one product gets the same label in every country that uses the system.

The chapter does not sort goods by room or by price. It sorts them by construction. Knotted, woven, tufted and felt goods each get their own heading. Anything that fits none of them goes into a catch-all heading.

Knotted vs woven vs tufted vs felt carpets: choosing the right heading

Ask one question first: how was the floor covering made? The answer points to the heading. After that, fibre, pile and size help you find the six-digit code on the heading page.

• 5701 is for knotted carpets. The codes split by fibre. Wool or fine animal hair is one code, and every other textile material is another.
• 5702 is for woven carpets without tufting or flocking. The heading text names kelem, schumacks, karamanie and similar hand-woven rugs. It also holds coir mats and woven pile carpets.
• 5703 is for tufted carpets, and its text includes turf. Tufting is what puts a product here instead of in 5702.
• These are not tufted or flocked either.
• 5705 is for floor coverings that are not named anywhere else in the chapter.

Common products and their HS codes

Most buyers search by product name, not by heading text. The list below links common names to the code text. Always compare your own product with the full description before you decide.

Fibre is the first split inside many headings. Woven carpets split again by pile and by whether the item is made up, which means finished and ready to use. Felt splits by surface area: 570410 is for small tiles, 570420 is for mid-size pieces, and 570490 is for large pieces.

• Artificial turf: heading 5703, with the fibre deciding the code.
• Felt carpet tiles: 570410.
• Floor coverings that fit nowhere else: 570500.

Related chapters for nearby textile goods

Some textile goods look close to carpets but sit in a neighbouring chapter. Check these before you settle on a code.

Chapter 56 covers wadding, felt and nonwovens. Felt that is not a floor covering belongs there. Chapter 58 covers special woven fabrics, tufted textile fabrics and tapestries. Those are fabrics, not floor coverings.

Chapter 51 covers wool and animal hair. Raw wool goes there, but the finished carpet goes in chapter 57. If you are still unsure, the HS code classifier can help you narrow down a product description.

Carpet import and export data on EximDataX

A code tells you what a product is. Trade records tell you who buys and sells it. Once you know your heading, you can look at the shipments behind it.

EximDataX shows shipment-level import and export records from official customs sources. Coverage: 43 direct customs feeds plus 184 mirror-derived countries. Named buyers and named suppliers are available in 38 of the 43 direct markets. Most markets refresh weekly and some refresh daily. You can search by HS code to see who imports and exports a product, and book a free demo.