Short Staple Recycled Gin Waste Cotton from Germany
Clean gin motes and waste cleaned to raw lint quality, staple under 28.575 mm, not carded, used as economical cotton substitute. Falls in HTS 5201.00.18.00 when meeting raw cotton criteria excluding quota types.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Prove gin waste cleaned to virgin lint equivalent via fiber analysis; high FM% risks waste classification
• Label clearly as cleaned motes