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Premium White Dyed Silk Knitting Yarn Retail Skein from Japan

Luxury mulberry silk yarn dyed white in the mass, packaged in 100g premium retail skeins with pattern suggestions. Classified in HTS 5006.00.90.00 as bleached/colored silk yarn for retail sale per subheading note (b)(ii). Used for high-end knitted garments.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter

Import Tips

• Test for delustering agents if man-made feel suspected, but pure silk stays in 5006

• Retail value must justify per packaging; invoices showing markup over bulk aids proof

• Avoid dyeing documentation gaps, as white-dyed could be challenged as bleached only