Combed Vicuna Wool Coating Fabric from China
Luxury heavyweight fabric over 340 g/m² woven from combed vicuna (fine hair from South American camelids) with high wool content, used for high-end outerwear and capes. Classified under HTS 5112.19.95.30 for its 'wholly or in part of fine animal hair' status, combed processing, and exceeding 85% wool/fine hair by weight.
Duty Rate — China → United States
62.5%
Rate breakdown
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)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Obtain CITES permits if vicuna content exceeds de minimis, as it's regulated fine animal hair
• Document commercial cleaning yield per US notes to substantiate clean kg for duty calculation
• Avoid common pitfall of misdeclaring as apparel fabric; ensure entry as unfinished woven material