HS code for Cotton T-Shirts: 6109.10
Tiruppur is India's knitwear hub. Cotton T-shirts are 6109.10; T-shirts of other materials are 6109.90.
- HS code
- 6109.10
- Description
- T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knitted, of cotton
- Chapter 61 — Knitted or crocheted apparel
Registration
Exporters of cotton t-shirts register with AEPC (Apparel Export Promotion Council) and hold its Registration-cum-Membership Certificate (RCMC), which you need to claim most export benefits.
Documents for exporting cotton t-shirts
Specific to this product
- AEPC RCMC
- Certificate of origin (preferential where an FTA applies)
- Packing list with size and colour breakdown
- Buyer-required test reports
Standard for every export shipment
- Proforma invoice and commercial invoice
- Packing list
- Shipping bill (filed on ICEGATE by you or your CHA)
- Bill of lading or airway bill
- IEC (Import Export Code)
- Bank realisation / e-BRC after payment arrives
Main export markets
USA, UK, Germany, France, Spain, UAE.
Check before you ship
- Knitted (Ch 61) vs woven (Ch 62) decides the heading
- Use a preferential certificate of origin for UAE, Australia and other FTA partners
- Confirm the full 8-digit tariff line, current GST rate, RoDTEP rate and any export policy condition on the official ICEGATE / DGFT sources — rates change by notification.
Make the documents in minutes
In Eximly you create the export order once and the proforma, commercial invoice, packing list and certificate of origin are generated from it with the HS code filled in, so every document matches.