Combed Vicuna Wool Coating Fabric from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 10% ad valorem on products of Mexico
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