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Bleached Bookbinder's Buckram Endpaper Fabric from Japan

Stiff bleached buckram cotton for bookbinding (>85% cotton, <200 g/m², #69+). HTS 5208.29.80.90 for other fine bleached. Provides durable covers.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

13.5%

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

• Specify non-coated if stiffened only by starch

• Industrial end-use documentation aids classification

• Weight test post-boiling per notes