Drops Paris Uni Colour Cotton Yarn Ball from China
Drops Paris is a mercerized cotton yarn ball in solid colors, packaged for retail sale in craft stores for amigurumi and home decor knitting. Classified under HTS 5207.90.00.00 as retail cotton yarn finer than 200nm, meeting the 'put up for retail sale' criterion with labeled skein packaging. Mercerization doesn't change its yarn classification.
Duty Rate — China → United States
40%
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
• Document mercerization process but confirm it doesn't qualify as 'sewing thread' alternative; use lab tests for yarn metrics
• Label balls with fiber content >85% cotton and retail pricing to prove 'put up for retail sale' status
• Monitor country-specific quotas for raw cotton components; declare as yarn to avoid 5201 raw cotton limits