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Assorted Color Cotton Craft Quilting Fabric from Japan

Quilting-weight cotton fabric weighing 190 g/m², 86% cotton, with multi-colored yarns creating tone-on-tone patterns, yarn number 45. HTS 5208.49.60.90 covers this as other fabric of different color yarns meeting density specs. Popular for patchwork quilts.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%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 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter

Import Tips

• Use boiling method to remove sizing before weight/yarn determinations

• Provide yarn construction breakdown (single vs. plied) for customs review

• Avoid bulk packaging that suggests industrial use triggering different valuation