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  "summary": "HS code 5206.42 covers multiple (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibres, measuring per single yarn less than 714.29 decitex but not less than 232.56 decitex (exceeding 14 metric number but not exceeding 43 metric number per single yarn). It sits in heading 52.06 (cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale) in chapter 52 (cotton). Other goods of heading 52.06 are classified under 5206.11 (single yarn, of uncombed fibres, measuring 714.29 decitex or more (not exceeding 14 metric number)), 5206.12 (single yarn, of uncombed fibres, measuring less than 714,29 decitex but not less than 232,56 decitex (exceeding 14 metric number but not exceeding 43 metric number)), 5206.13 (single yarn, of uncombed fibres, measuring less than 232,56 decitex but not less than 192,31 decitex (exceeding 43 metric number but not exceeding 52 metric number)), 5206.14 (single yarn, of uncombed fibres, measuring less than 192.31 decitex but not less than 125 decitex (exceeding 52 metric number but not exceeding 80 metric number)) or 15 others. National tariff lines under 5206.42 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country).",
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    {
      "question": "What does HS code 5206.42 cover?",
      "answer": "HS code 5206.42 covers multiple (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibres, measuring per single yarn less than 714.29 decitex but not less than 232.56 decitex (exceeding 14 metric number but not exceeding 43 metric number per single yarn)."
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    {
      "question": "Which heading and chapter is HS code 5206.42 in?",
      "answer": "HS code 5206.42 is in heading 52.06 (cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale) in chapter 52 (cotton)."
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      "question": "Where are goods of heading 52.06 classified when 5206.42 doesn’t fit?",
      "answer": "Other goods of heading 52.06 are classified under 5206.11 (single yarn, of uncombed fibres, measuring 714.29 decitex or more (not exceeding 14 metric number)), 5206.12 (single yarn, of uncombed fibres, measuring less than 714,29 decitex but not less than 232,56 decitex (exceeding 14 metric number but not exceeding 43 metric number)), 5206.13 (single yarn, of uncombed fibres, measuring less than 232,56 decitex but not less than 192,31 decitex (exceeding 43 metric number but not exceeding 52 metric number)), 5206.14 (single yarn, of uncombed fibres, measuring less than 192.31 decitex but not less than 125 decitex (exceeding 52 metric number but not exceeding 80 metric number)) or 15 others."
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    {
      "question": "Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS code 5206.42?",
      "answer": "National tariff lines under 5206.42 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country)."
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      "id": "covers",
      "title": "What this code covers",
      "text": [
        "HS code 5206.42 covers multiple (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibres, measuring per single yarn less than 714.29 decitex but not less than 232.56 decitex (exceeding 14 metric number but not exceeding 43 metric number per single yarn).",
        "The legal text of the subheading is “Multiple (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibres: Measuring per single yarn less than 714.29 decitex but not less than 232.56 decitex (exceeding 14 metric number but not exceeding 43 metric number per single yarn)”, read under “Multiple (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibres”, in HS2022."
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        "Other goods of heading 52.06 are classified under 5206.11 (single yarn, of uncombed fibres, measuring 714.29 decitex or more (not exceeding 14 metric number)), 5206.12 (single yarn, of uncombed fibres, measuring less than 714,29 decitex but not less than 232,56 decitex (exceeding 14 metric number but not exceeding 43 metric number)), 5206.13 (single yarn, of uncombed fibres, measuring less than 232,56 decitex but not less than 192,31 decitex (exceeding 43 metric number but not exceeding 52 metric number)), 5206.14 (single yarn, of uncombed fibres, measuring less than 192.31 decitex but not less than 125 decitex (exceeding 52 metric number but not exceeding 80 metric number)) or 15 others."
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      "text": [
        "5206.42 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 52, are the chapter; the first four, 5206, are heading 52.06; the last two, 42, identify the subheading within the heading.",
        "Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines."
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      "title": "In other countries",
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        "National tariff lines under 5206.42 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country)."
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      "text": [
        "The same text, “Multiple (folded) or cabled yarn, of combed fibres: Measuring per single yarn less than 714.29 decitex but not less than 232.56 decitex (exceeding 14 metric number but not exceeding 43 metric number per single yarn)”, also divides 1 other heading in chapter 52: 5205.42 under heading 52.05."
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        "The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026.",
        "This page was last updated on 11 October 2026.",
        "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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