65 HEADGEAR AND PARTS THEREOF

HEADGEAR AND PARTS THEREOF

Duty rate for goods from outside the EU

No duty rate is set for this code.

Other measures can apply depending on the country of origin, for example preferences, quotas or anti-dumping duties. Check the TARIC for your case.

Import VAT, standard rate

  • Netherlands: 21%
  • Germany: 19%
  • France: 20%
  • Belgium: 21%

Standard rate. A reduced rate can apply to some goods.

Codes below this level

  • 6501 00 00 Hat-forms, hat bodies and hoods of felt, neither blocked to shape nor with made brims; plateaux and manchons (including slit manchons), of felt
  • 6502 00 00 Hat-shapes, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, neither blocked to shape, nor with made brims, nor lined, nor trimmed
  • 6504 00 00 Hats and other headgear, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed
  • 6505 00 Hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hairnets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed:
  • 6506 Other headgear, whether or not lined or trimmed:
  • 6507 00 00 Headbands, linings, covers, hat foundations, hat frames, peaks and chinstraps, for headgear

Notes of the nomenclature

Chapter 65: Notes

1. This chapter does not cover:

(a) worn headgear of heading 6309;

(b) asbestos headgear (heading 6812); or

(c) dolls' hats, other toy hats or carnival articles of Chapter 95.

2. Heading 6502 does not cover hat shapes made by sewing, other than those obtained simply by sewing strips in spirals.

Indicative only. The binding ruling comes from customs.

Data as of 6 October 2026. Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Regulation (EU) 2025/1926).

European Commission data, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.

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