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Handcrafted Vicuna Wool Sample Swatch Fabric from Japan

Exquisite narrow-loom hand-woven fabric from carded vicuna fine animal hair, over 85% pure, under 300 g/m². Sold as designer sample swatches, classified in HTS 5111.11.30.00 per fine hair definition and narrow hand-woven specs.

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

• For luxury fibers like vicuna, provide origin certificates to meet CITES if applicable, avoiding delays

• Even small swatches need full HTS declaration; undervaluation is a frequent audit trigger

• Confirm no brush-making or coarse hair admixture per chapter note exclusions