HS Chapter 52

Cotton

12 headings · 125 HS codes. Choose a 4-digit heading to see its tariff lines.

Heading 5201 Cotton; not carded or combed 1 codes Heading 5202 Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) 4 codes Heading 5203 Cotton, carded or combed 1 codes Heading 5204 Cotton sewing thread, whether or not put up for retail sale 3 codes Heading 5205 Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale 24 codes Heading 5206 Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale 20 codes Heading 5207 Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), put up for retail sale 2 codes Heading 5208 Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2 19 codes Heading 5209 Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200g/m2 16 codes Heading 5210 Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing not more than 200 g/m2 11 codes Heading 5211 Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200g/m2 14 codes Heading 5212 Other woven fabrics of cotton, n.e.c. in chapter 52 10 codes

Recorded imports

Between December 2025 and May 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports worth BDT 190,201,085,358 (795,935,476 kg) under this chapter, across 84 of its 125 tariff lines. The remaining 41 recorded no commercial import in that window.

Month	Lines with imports	Net weight	Assessable value
December 2025	63	125,625,883 kg	BDT 31,574,577,686
January 2026	51	132,660,114 kg	BDT 33,277,047,836
February 2026	44	120,440,915 kg	BDT 30,234,478,325
March 2026	45	132,671,468 kg	BDT 33,248,058,891
April 2026	53	158,716,656 kg	BDT 34,215,180,513
May 2026	46	125,820,440 kg	BDT 27,651,742,107

The largest lines by assessable value in May 2026:

52010000 — Cotton, Not Carded Or Combed — BDT 27,596,916,713
52085900 — Printed Woven Cotton Fabrics, With >=85% Cotton, Nes — BDT 23,163,195
52083100 — Dyed Plain Cotton Woven Fabrics With >=85% Cotton, =<100g/M2 — BDT 9,095,367
52029100 — Garnetted Stock Of Cotton — BDT 4,716,454
52083200 — Dyed Plain Cotton Woven Fabrics With >=85% Cotton, >100g/M2 — BDT 2,572,564

Bonded imports. A further BDT 330,259,739,545 (589,234,424 kg) entered under the bonded-warehouse regime over the same months — duty-free inputs imported against an undertaking to re-export them. That is 63.5% of everything imported under this chapter: most of this trade never pays the duty rates shown above.

Import figures: NBR Import Statements (IM-4 commercial, IM-7 bonded), December 2025 – May 2026. Assessable value is the customs value on which duty is charged, not the retail or invoice price.

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