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Polyester-Cotton Variegated Plaid Shirt Fabric

This is a plaid shirt fabric woven from artificial staple fibres (polyester-cotton blend) mixed with polyester filaments, featuring yarns of different colours in a variegated pattern. It contains less than 85% artificial staple fibres and is classified under tariff item 5516.23.00 as a woven fabric of yarns of different colours.

Import Duty Rates by Country of Origin

Origin CountryMFN TariffSurtaxesTotal Effective Rate
🇨🇳ChinaFree—Free
🇲🇽MexicoFree—Free
🇺🇸United StatesFree—Free
🇩🇪GermanyFree—Free
🇯🇵JapanFree—Free

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Alternative Classifications

This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.

5516.22.00Same rate: Free

If the fabric is dyed a single colour rather than having yarns of different colours

This heading covers dyed woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments.

5211.42.00Same rate: Free

If cotton predominates by weight over the artificial staple fibres

This heading covers woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, of yarns of different colours.

5516.44.00Same rate: Free

If the fabric is printed rather than woven from coloured yarns

This heading covers printed woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres mixed mainly or solely with cotton.

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Import Tips & Compliance

• Verify that the cotton content is not the predominant fibre; if cotton predominates, the fabric may fall under a different chapter

• Confirm the polyester is present as filaments, not staple, to meet the 'mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments' condition

• Keep a detailed fibre breakdown to support the classification

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