# HS heading 53.01: Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)

> HS heading 53.01 covers flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock). It is in chapter 53 (other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn). It is split into 4 subheadings: 5301.10 (flax, raw or retted), 5301.21 (flax, broken, scutched, hackled or otherwise processed, but not spun, broken or scutched), 5301.29 (flax, broken, scutched, hackled or otherwise processed, but not spun, other) and 5301.30 (flax tow and waste). National tariff lines under heading 53.01 are live on border.bot for the United States (4 lines, also used by 1 other country).

Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/5301
Last updated: 11 October 2026

[HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 53](https://border.bot/hs-codes/53) / [53.01](https://border.bot/hs-codes/5301)

## Key facts

- Heading: 53.01
- Description: Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
- Chapter: 53: Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn
- Subheadings: 4
- Edition: HS2022

## What this code covers

HS heading 53.01 covers flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock).

It is split into 4 subheadings: 5301.10 (flax, raw or retted), 5301.21 (flax, broken, scutched, hackled or otherwise processed, but not spun, broken or scutched), 5301.29 (flax, broken, scutched, hackled or otherwise processed, but not spun, other) and 5301.30 (flax tow and waste).

- [5301.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/530110) Flax, raw or retted
- [5301.21](https://border.bot/hs-codes/530121) Flax, broken, scutched, hackled or otherwise processed, but not spun: Broken or scutched
- [5301.29](https://border.bot/hs-codes/530129) Flax, broken, scutched, hackled or otherwise processed, but not spun: Other
- [5301.30](https://border.bot/hs-codes/530130) Flax tow and waste

## What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of chapter 53 are classified in its other 9 headings, listed below.

- [53.02](https://border.bot/hs-codes/5302) True hemp (Cannabis sativa L.), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of true hemp (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
- [53.03](https://border.bot/hs-codes/5303) Jute and other textile bast fibres (excluding flax, true hemp and ramie), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
- [53.05](https://border.bot/hs-codes/5305) Coconut, abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis Nee), ramie and other vegetable textile fibres, not elsewhere specified or included, raw or processed but not spun; tow, noils and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
- [53.06](https://border.bot/hs-codes/5306) Flax yarn
- [53.07](https://border.bot/hs-codes/5307) Yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading 53.03
- [53.08](https://border.bot/hs-codes/5308) Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn
- [53.09](https://border.bot/hs-codes/5309) Woven fabrics of flax
- [53.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/5310) Woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading 53.03
- [53.11](https://border.bot/hs-codes/5311) Woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres; woven fabrics of paper yarn

## How it is structured

Heading 53.01 is one of 10 headings in chapter 53. Its first two digits, 53, are the chapter; the next two, 01, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (5301.10, 5301.21, 5301.29).

## In other countries

National tariff lines under heading 53.01 are live on border.bot for the United States (4 lines, also used by 1 other country).

- [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/53): 4 lines, used by 1 other country

- Previous heading: [52.12](https://border.bot/hs-codes/5212) Other woven fabrics of cotton
- Next heading: [53.02](https://border.bot/hs-codes/5302) True hemp (Cannabis sativa L.), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of true hemp (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS heading 53.01 cover?

HS heading 53.01 covers flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock).

### Which chapter is HS heading 53.01 in?

HS heading 53.01 is in chapter 53 (other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn).

### How many subheadings does HS heading 53.01 have?

HS heading 53.01 has 4 subheadings: 5301.10 (flax, raw or retted), 5301.21 (flax, broken, scutched, hackled or otherwise processed, but not spun, broken or scutched), 5301.29 (flax, broken, scutched, hackled or otherwise processed, but not spun, other) and 5301.30 (flax tow and waste).

### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS heading 53.01?

National tariff lines under heading 53.01 are live on border.bot for the United States (4 lines, also used by 1 other country).

## Sources and updates

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.

Machine-readable: https://border.bot/hs-codes/5301.json