Fabric HSN code list: 8 digit lines for cotton, polyester, rayon, silk and knits
At 8 digits a fabric code adds finish and weight to the fibre: inside 5208 the 2x lines are bleached, 3x dyed and 5x printed cotton, and the last two digits name the cloth, such as 50 for cambric. The rows below are the lines a Meesho or Flipkart fabric seller is most likely to need, from the GST portal’s HSN master, read on 11 Oct 2026.
Polyester and rayon follow the same order, dyed lines first and printed lines after, so a printed rayon crepe is 5408 24 11 and a dyed one 5408 22 11. No named line for your cloth? Take the "other" line in the same finish group.
| HSN (8 digit) | Description | GST |
|---|---|---|
| 5208 21 50 | Cotton cambric, bleached, plain weave, up to 100 g/m² | 5% (S.No. 334) |
| 5208 21 80 | Cotton voile, bleached, up to 100 g/m² | 5% (S.No. 334) |
| 5208 22 60 | Long cloth and calico, bleached, over 100 g/m² | 5% (S.No. 334) |
| 5208 31 50 | Cotton cambric, dyed, up to 100 g/m² | 5% (S.No. 334) |
| 5208 32 30 | Cotton shirting fabric, dyed, plain weave, over 100 g/m² | 5% (S.No. 334) |
| 5208 51 50 | Cotton cambric, printed, up to 100 g/m² | 5% (S.No. 334) |
| 5208 52 50 | Cotton cambric, printed, over 100 g/m² | 5% (S.No. 334) |
| 5208 52 80 | Cotton voile, printed, over 100 g/m² | 5% (S.No. 334) |
| 5208 52 90 | Printed cotton, plain weave, over 100 g/m², other | 5% (S.No. 334) |
| 5209 42 00 | Denim, 85% or more cotton, over 200 g/m² | 5% (S.No. 334) |
| 5007 20 10 | Silk sarees, 85% or more silk (other than noil silk) | 5% (S.No. 326) |
| 5007 20 90 | Other silk fabrics, 85% or more silk | 5% (S.No. 326) |
| 5007 90 10 | Other silk fabrics, handloom woven | 5% (S.No. 326) |
| 5407 42 20 | Nylon georgette, dyed | 5% (S.No. 342) |
| 5407 44 20 | Nylon georgette, printed | 5% (S.No. 342) |
| 5407 52 20 | Polyester suitings, dyed, 85%+ textured polyester filament | 5% (S.No. 342) |
| 5407 52 40 | Polyester sarees, dyed | 5% (S.No. 342) |
| 5407 54 30 | Polyester sarees, printed | 5% (S.No. 342) |
| 5407 54 90 | Printed textured polyester fabric, other | 5% (S.No. 342) |
| 5407 61 10 | Polyester shirtings, 85%+ non-textured polyester filament | 5% (S.No. 342) |
| 5408 22 11 | Rayon crepe, dyed | 5% (S.No. 342) |
| 5408 22 14 | Rayon georgette, dyed | 5% (S.No. 342) |
| 5408 24 11 | Rayon crepe, printed | 5% (S.No. 342) |
| 5408 24 14 | Rayon georgette, printed | 5% (S.No. 342) |
| 5408 24 18 | Rayon sarees, printed | 5% (S.No. 342) |
| 5512 19 20 | Polyester staple fabric, 85%+ polyester staple, printed | 5% (S.No. 348) |
| 5516 12 00 | Rayon staple fabric, 85%+ artificial staple, dyed | 5% (S.No. 348) |
| 5516 14 10 | Spun rayon printed shantung | 5% (S.No. 348) |
| 5516 14 90 | Printed rayon staple fabric, other | 5% (S.No. 348) |
| 5516 44 00 | Rayon staple mixed mainly with cotton, printed | 5% (S.No. 348) |
| 6006 22 00 | Knitted cotton fabric, dyed | 5% (S.No. 387) |
| 6006 24 00 | Knitted cotton fabric, printed | 5% (S.No. 387) |
| 6006 32 00 | Knitted synthetic fabric, dyed (polyester hosiery) | 5% (S.No. 387) |
| 6006 42 00 | Knitted artificial-fibre fabric, dyed (viscose knit) | 5% (S.No. 387) |
8-digit lines: GST portal HSN master (search), read 11 Oct 2026. GST: Notification 9/2025, from 22 Sep 2025.
Weight, blend and weave: why fabric codes disagree
Woven cotton fabric splits on two tests: is it 85% or more cotton, and does it weigh more than 200 g/m²? Light cambric is 5208; heavier drill or denim is 5209. Once cotton falls below 85% and the rest is mainly man-made fibre, the same weights go to 5210 and 5211 (DGCIS chapter 52, checked 11 Oct 2026).
Georgette, chiffon and satin are mostly woven from polyester or nylon filament, so they fall in 5407, not in the cotton chapter. Check the fibre anyway: DGCIS chapter 54 has a "Nylon georgette" line under 5407 and a "Rayon georgette" line, 5408 22 14, under 5408.
The HSN code for rayon fabric is 5408 when it is woven from viscose filament yarn and 5516 when it is woven from rayon staple fibre, which covers most rayon slub and spun rayon prints. Both are 5% GST (Notification 9/2025, S.No. 342 and 348).
Knitted fabric is chapter 60, never chapter 52, whatever its fibre. Terry and other pile knits are 6001, lycra knit wider than 30 cm with 5% or more elastomeric yarn is 6004, warp knits are 6005, and plain hosiery not covered by those headings is 6006 (DGCIS ch. 60).
A code from another site that does not fit
The top Google result for "fabric hsn code" on 4 Oct 2026 listed 6307, made-up articles. 6307 is for finished articles; cloth sold by the metre stays in its fibre chapter. Chapter 63 does have a line for hand-printed dress materials, 6307 90, but plain cloth on a roll is not one of them.
Fabric HSN code and 5% GST on a Meesho or Flipkart catalog
- Find your fabric in the table above by weave (woven or knitted) and main fibre.
- Type 4 digits in the HSN box if your aggregate turnover last year was ₹5 crore or less, or 6 digits above ₹5 crore (CBIC Notification 78/2020–Central Tax, from 1 April 2021).
- Set GST to 5% for every fabric row above. Fabric is not on the ₹2,500-per-piece garment band; that band applies to stitched clothes (Notification 9/2025, Schedule I).
- Use the same code and rate on the tax invoice and in GSTR-1 Table 12.
Worked case from Surat: a supplier listing 2.5 m of printed cotton cambric enters HSN 5208 and GST 5%. The same supplier listing rayon slub fabric enters 5516 at 5%, and a polyester georgette enters 5407 at 5%.
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Worked example: 5 metres of dyed rayon crepe
A Surat supplier lists a 5-metre cut of plain dyed rayon crepe for kurtis at ₹899. Rayon is an artificial filament, so the heading is 5408; the dyed group gives the 6-digit sub-heading 540822, and the named cloth gives the 8-digit line 5408 22 11, rayon crepe. A printed version of the same crepe would be 5408 24 11.
GST is 5% under Schedule I S.No. 342, and the ₹2,500 garment band does not apply because the cloth is not stitched. In the Meesho HSN field the supplier types 5408 (540822 above ₹5 crore turnover) and picks 5% in the GST field, whatever the price of the cut.
Sarees, dress material and fabric sold as a set
An unstitched saree is fabric for HSN, not a garment, so it takes its fibre heading. DGCIS chapter 52 has saree lines inside 5208 (for example 5208 11 20, "Saree"), and chapter 54 has "Polyester sarees" at 5407 52 40 and "Rayon sarees" at 5408 22 18. The saree HSN code page covers each fibre.
Unstitched suit pieces sold as a set are dress material. Hand-printed dress material sits under 6307 90 in chapter 63, so it has its own page (dress material HSN code). Denim sold by the metre is 5209 42 00; stitched jeans are covered on the jeans HSN code page.
| Item | HSN heading | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Cotton fabric | 5208–5212 | Cotton fabric HSN code (coming soon) |
| Textiles | ch. 50–63 | Textiles HSN code (coming soon) |
| Dress material | 6307 90 (hand printed) | Dress material HSN code (coming soon) |
| Saree | 5007, 5208, 5407, 5408 | Saree HSN code |
| Jeans | 6203 / 6204 | Jeans HSN code |
| All clothes | ch. 61 / 62 | Clothes HSN code list |
Headings from DGCIS ITC-HS chapters 50 to 63, checked 11 Oct 2026. Every item is in the HSN codes list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the HSN code for cloths?
Cloth by the metre is fabric: cotton 5208 to 5212, polyester 5407, rayon 5408 or 5516. Ready garments are chapters 61 and 62.
What is the HSN code for cotton fabric?
Woven cotton fabric is 5208 to 5212, split by cotton share and weight. Light printed cambric, for example, is 5208 51 50 or 5208 52 50.
What is the GST rate for HSN 5208 cloth?
It is 5%. Woven cotton fabric (5208–5212) sits in Schedule I, S.No. 334 of Notification 9/2025, in force since 22 September 2025.
Is GST on fabric 5% or 18%?
It is 5% for every woven and knitted fabric in the tables above. The 18% rate seen on some sites is for garments sold above ₹2,500 a piece, not for cloth.
What is the 6-digit HSN code for fabric?
Six digits give fibre, finish and weight: 520852 is printed cotton over 100 g/m², 540824 printed rayon filament and 600622 dyed cotton knit.
What is the HSN code for woven fabric?
It depends on fibre: cotton 5208–5212, synthetic filament 5407, artificial filament 5408, staple fibres 5512–5516.
What is the HSN code for knitted fabric?
Chapter 60, headings 6001 to 6006. GST is 5% (Notification 9/2025, Schedule I, S.No. 387).
What is the HSN code for denim fabric?
It is 5209 42 00, woven cotton denim.
What is the HSN code for rayon fabric?
5408 if woven from viscose filament, 5516 if from rayon staple fibre.
What is the HSN code for garments made from fabric?
Garments move to chapter 61 if knitted and 62 if woven. They take 5% GST up to ₹2,500 a piece and 18% above.
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Checked by the StitchMagic team on 11 Oct 2026. StitchMagic is a set of free tools and one AI listing agent (ListMagic) for online sellers in India that helps them list faster on Meesho, Flipkart and Amazon.in and sell more. Found an error? Tell us; we correct with a dated note.