Merino Shorn Greasy Wool (56s) from China
This is shorn greasy wool from Merino sheep, graded at 56s fineness (not finer than 58s), in its natural unwashed state excluding fleece-washed. It falls under HTS 5101.11.60.30 as shorn wool that is greasy, not carded or combed, and coarser than 58s per chapter definitions of wool fiber grading. Primarily used for spinning into yarns for apparel.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Provide clean yield calculations per US note (b) with lab certification for fiber content and grading; declare exact fineness (e.g
• 56s) to avoid reclassification
• File bonds if intending special uses like felts to defer duties