About Chapter 54
Chapter 54 of the Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN) is titled “Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials”. It is part of Section XI, Textiles & Textile Articles, together with Chapter 50 (silk), Chapter 51 (wool, fine or coarse animal hair), Chapter 52 (cotton), Chapter 53 (other vegetable textile fibres), Chapter 55 (man-made staple fibres), Chapter 56 (wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns), Chapter 57 (carpets and other textile floor coverings), Chapter 58 (special fabrics, lace and embroidery), Chapter 59 (impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics), Chapter 60 (knitted or crocheted fabrics), Chapter 61 (articles of apparel and clothing accessories), Chapter 62 (articles of apparel and clothing accessories) and Chapter 63 (other made up textile articles; sets).
The chapter is divided into 8 headings, from 5401 (sewing thread of man-made filaments, whether or not put up for retail sale) to 5408 (woven fabrics of artificial filament yarn). The headings with the most codes that people search for are woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn (5407), synthetic filament yarn (5402), woven fabrics of artificial filament yarn (5408), sewing thread of man-made filaments, whether or not put up for retail sale (5401) and synthetic monofilament and strip (5404).
Note 1 defines “man-made fibres” for the whole tariff: staple fibres and filaments of organic polymers, made either by polymerising organic monomers into polymers such as polyamides, polyesters, polyolefins or polyurethanes, or by dissolving or chemically treating natural polymers such as cellulose, as in viscose and cupro.
Every heading is listed below. Under each are the codes that have their own page on Laabam One, 10 codes in this chapter, each with its full classification: its chapter, heading and sub-heading, and the codes beside it.
Every code in this chapter begins with 54: four digits make a heading, six a sub-heading, and eight a tariff item of India's Customs Tariff. How many of those digits a GST tax invoice shows depends on the business, not the goods: under Notification No. 78/2020 – Central Tax, from 1 April 2021, four digits where aggregate turnover in the previous financial year was up to ₹5 crore, and six above it. Up to ₹5 crore, the code may be left off invoices to unregistered buyers.
No GST rate is shown here. GST rates were revised in September 2025, and a rate appears on this site only once it has been checked against the CBIC rate notifications.
Sources: ITC(HS) Chapter 54, DGCI&S (title, headings and notes); Notification No. 78/2020 – Central Tax (HSN digits on invoices).