About Chapter 56
Chapter 56 of the Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN) is titled “Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof”. 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 54 (man-made filaments), Chapter 55 (man-made staple fibres), 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 9 headings, from 5601 (wadding of textile materials and articles thereof, textile fibres) to 5609 (articles of yarn, strip or the like of heading 5404 or 5405, twine, cordage). The headings with the most codes that people search for are twine, cordage, ropes and cables (5607), nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated (5603), wadding of textile materials and articles thereof, textile fibres (5601) and articles of yarn, strip or the like of heading 5404 or 5405, twine, cordage (5609).
Note 1 keeps out wadding, felt and nonwovens impregnated or coated with perfumes, cosmetics, soaps or detergents where the textile is only a carrying medium, and abrasive powder or grain on a backing of felt or nonwovens, which goes to heading 6805.
Every heading is listed below. Under each are the codes that have their own page on Laabam One, 7 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 56: 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 56, DGCI&S (title, headings and notes); Notification No. 78/2020 – Central Tax (HSN digits on invoices).