# HS heading 53.09: Woven fabrics of flax

> HS heading 53.09 covers woven fabrics of flax. It is in chapter 53 (other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn). It is split into 4 subheadings: 5309.11 (containing 85 % or more by weight of flax, unbleached or bleached), 5309.19 (containing 85 % or more by weight of flax, other), 5309.21 (containing less than 85 % by weight of flax, unbleached or bleached) and 5309.29 (containing less than 85 % by weight of flax, other).

Source: https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/5309
Last updated: 13 October 2026

[HS codes](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 53](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/53) / [53.09](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/5309)

## Key facts

- Heading: 53.09
- Description: Woven fabrics of flax
- Chapter: 53: Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn
- Subheadings: 4
- Edition: HS2022

## What this code covers

HS heading 53.09 covers woven fabrics of flax.

It is split into 4 subheadings: 5309.11 (containing 85 % or more by weight of flax, unbleached or bleached), 5309.19 (containing 85 % or more by weight of flax, other), 5309.21 (containing less than 85 % by weight of flax, unbleached or bleached) and 5309.29 (containing less than 85 % by weight of flax, other).

- [5309.11](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/530911) Containing 85 % or more by weight of flax: Unbleached or bleached
- [5309.19](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/530919) Containing 85 % or more by weight of flax: Other
- [5309.21](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/530921) Containing less than 85 % by weight of flax: Unbleached or bleached
- [5309.29](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/530929) Containing less than 85 % by weight of flax: Other

## What it doesn’t cover

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

- [53.01](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/5301) Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
- [53.02](https://staging.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://staging.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://staging.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://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/5306) Flax yarn
- [53.07](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/5307) Yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading 53.03
- [53.08](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/5308) Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn
- [53.10](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/5310) Woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading 53.03
- [53.11](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/5311) Woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres; woven fabrics of paper yarn

## How it is structured

Heading 53.09 is one of 10 headings in chapter 53. Its first two digits, 53, are the chapter; the next two, 09, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (5309.11, 5309.19, 5309.21).

## In other countries

No national tariff lines under heading 53.09 are live on border.bot yet. Tariffs built on the Harmonized System use its subheadings at six digits and add their own digits after them.

- Previous heading: [53.08](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/5308) Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn
- Next heading: [53.10](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/5310) Woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading 53.03

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS heading 53.09 cover?

HS heading 53.09 covers woven fabrics of flax.

### Which chapter is HS heading 53.09 in?

HS heading 53.09 is in chapter 53 (other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn).

### How many subheadings does HS heading 53.09 have?

HS heading 53.09 has 4 subheadings: 5309.11 (containing 85 % or more by weight of flax, unbleached or bleached), 5309.19 (containing 85 % or more by weight of flax, other), 5309.21 (containing less than 85 % by weight of flax, unbleached or bleached) and 5309.29 (containing less than 85 % by weight of flax, other).

## Sources and updates

The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 1 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 13 October 2026.

This page was last updated on 13 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://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/5309.json