Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN) codes for technical textiles

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HSN code is an international commodity description and coding system developed by the World Customs Organisation.
Technical or engineered textiles are defined as products that are used for functional purposes. These textiles have applications in multiple areas of economic activity, such as aerospace, shipping, sports, agriculture, defense and health care
207 Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN) codes released for technical textiles by Ministry of Textiles. The codes, released to fulfil a long-standing demand of the industry to declare technical textile items as a separate category, are expected to benefit 900 million farmers
To monitor import-export data and to provide any fiscal support to the technical textile sector, the first step was to recognize and notify separately the technical textiles items spread from chapter 1 to 99 of the HSN classification book.
The codes would help achieve a sectoral market size of up to ?2 lakh crore by 2020-21,
In the absence of clear classification of technical textiles, there was confusion and many genuine manufactures were not getting various incentives being allowed to technical textile sector by central and state governments.