Combed Wool Gabardine Suiting Fabric from China
This is a tightly woven fabric made from combed wool, featuring a distinctive diagonal rib pattern characteristic of gabardine. It is primarily used for high-end suiting and trousers due to its durability and smooth finish. Classified under HTS 5112.90.90 as a woven fabric of combed wool, other than specific weights or patterns listed elsewhere in the heading.
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
• Verify clean yield content via laboratory testing to confirm wool purity and avoid reclassification as lower-grade fibers
• Provide mill certificates documenting combing process and fiber origin to support Chapter 51 classification
• Bewatch for blending with synthetic fibers over 4%; exceeds de minimis and shifts to Chapter 59 man-made headings