Combed Vicuna Wool Coating Fabric from Japan
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 — Japan → United States
25%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.480%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 equal to or greater than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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