Combed Alpaca-Merino Wool Gabardine from China
Durable woven gabardine fabric exceeding 340 g/m², combining combed alpaca (fine animal hair) and merino wool at 85%+ total, suited for trousers and uniform jackets. It matches HTS 5112.19.95.30 as a heavyweight 'other' fabric wholly or partly of fine animal hair from defined sources like alpaca.
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
• Use AWI lab testing for fiber diameter and clean yield to prove 'fine animal hair' per chapter note (b)
• Declare exact g/m² weight with mill certificates; variances can trigger audits
• For special uses like felts, consider bonded entry under US note (d) but verify end-use compliance