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  "summary": "Socks imported into the European Union are usually classified under HS code 6115.95 when knitted or crocheted, with cotton the main material by weight, and under 6115.96 when knitted or crocheted, with synthetic fibres the main material by weight. Both sit in heading 61.15, “Panty hose, tights, stockings, socks and other hosiery, including graduated compression hosiery (for example, stockings for varicose veins) and footwear without applied soles, knitted or crocheted”. Socks can also fall under 6115.94 or 6115.99, depending on the material. The tariff of the European Union has 6 national lines under these codes. The general (MFN) duty in the European Union on the national lines under 6115.95 and 6115.96 is 12%.",
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      "answer": "Socks imported into the European Union are usually classified under HS code 6115.95 when knitted or crocheted, with cotton the main material by weight, and under 6115.96 when knitted or crocheted, with synthetic fibres the main material by weight. Both sit in heading 61.15, “Panty hose, tights, stockings, socks and other hosiery, including graduated compression hosiery (for example, stockings for varicose veins) and footwear without applied soles, knitted or crocheted”."
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      "question": "Does the material change the HS code for socks?",
      "answer": "Yes. Use 6115.95 when knitted or crocheted, with cotton the main material by weight. Use 6115.96 when knitted or crocheted, with synthetic fibres the main material by weight. Use 6115.94 when knitted or crocheted, with wool or fine animal hair the main material by weight. Use 6115.99 when knitted or crocheted, with another textile material the main material by weight."
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      "question": "What is the duty on socks imported into the European Union?",
      "answer": "The general (MFN) duty in the European Union on the national lines under 6115.95 and 6115.96 is 12%. Import VAT or sales tax is charged on top, and de minimis rules can change what is due; the landed cost calculator works it out for a shipment."
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      "text": [
        "Which textile makes up most of the socks’ weight: cotton, synthetic fibres, wool or something else? Use 6115.95 when knitted or crocheted, with cotton the main material by weight. Use 6115.96 when knitted or crocheted, with synthetic fibres the main material by weight. Use 6115.94 when knitted or crocheted, with wool or fine animal hair the main material by weight. Use 6115.99 when knitted or crocheted, with another textile material the main material by weight.",
        "Some similar goods are classified elsewhere: 6115.10 applies when they are graduated compression hosiery, such as stockings for varicose veins.",
        "Textile goods of mixed materials are classified as if made wholly of the textile that makes up most of their weight."
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        "Each code is listed with its legal text from the HS2022 Harmonized System release, quoted as published, and the condition under which it applies to socks."
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      "id": "lines",
      "title": "National lines in the European Union",
      "text": [
        "The tariff of the European Union splits these codes into 6 national lines, listed with their published text and general duty.",
        "The general (MFN) duty in the European Union on the national lines under 6115.95 and 6115.96 is 12%. Import VAT or sales tax is charged on top, and de minimis rules can change what is due; the landed cost calculator works it out for a shipment."
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        "Products in the same category as socks, or classified under the same headings."
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      "title": "Other countries",
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        "National tariff lines for socks are live for the United States. Each page lists the lines under the codes above, with their duty rates where they are live."
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      "id": "check",
      "title": "Check your exact product",
      "text": [
        "Describe your product, or paste its page, and the classifier suggests the code in the tariff of the European Union with its reasons."
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      "id": "note",
      "title": "Classification depends on the exact product",
      "text": [
        "The right code depends on what the product is made of, how it is made and what it is for, so two products sold as socks can fall under different codes.",
        "Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling."
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        "The legal texts are from the HS2022 Harmonized System release, live on border.bot since 11 October 2026.",
        "The national lines are from the tariff release of EU (areas=https://circabc.europa.eu/sd/a/9e277705-ac42-441d-8580-90cd730d9bc6/Geographical%20areas%20composition.xlsx#?; duties=https://circabc.europa.eu/sd/a/bfb94607-8b4c-40c3-ad33-1efef11bb80a/Duties%20Import%2001-99.xlsx#?; exclusions=https://circabc.europa.eu/sd/a/4b3c682c-947c-4f34-932d-0b8d192537bd/Measure%20exclusions.xlsx#?; nomenclature=https://circabc.europa.eu/sd/a/13694f84-6980-4966-8c91-22459447b52b/Nomenclature%20EN.xlsx#?), live on border.bot since 11 October 2026.",
        "The duty rates are from the live rates release, live on border.bot since 11 October 2026.",
        "The conditions and questions on this page were written for socks by border.bot and checked against those legal texts; the page changes when a new release goes live or the topic is reviewed again."
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