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Heavy Feltmaking Wool Yarn 37 Microns from Japan

Bulk carded wool yarn (95% wool, 37-micron diameter) under HTS 5106.10.00.10, suitable for manufacturing pressed felts and papermakers' felts. Coarse fiber structure provides strength for industrial felting processes, not retail packaged.

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

• Certify for 'special uses' under US note (d)(i) for felt production to enable bonded entry and duty deferral

• Document clean yield precisely, accounting for moisture, alcohol-soluble, and ash content limits

• Monitor for vegetable matter allowances to avoid duty adjustments during cleaning yield calculations