Alpaca Blend Combed Wool Gabardine Fabric from China
Gabardine-style woven fabric over 340 g/m² from fine combed wool yarns (18.5 microns max) incorporating alpaca hair as fine animal hair per chapter definitions. HTS 5112.19.60.30 applies due to weight, yarn fineness, and >85% qualifying wool/hair content. Used in rugged outerwear and upholstery.
Duty Rate — China → United States
60%
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
• Document alpaca as 'fine animal hair' with origin certificates; misidentification as coarse hair causes reclass
• Test for ash content and moisture per clean yield US note to support declared clean kg weight