Heavyweight Cotton Denim Work Pants Fabric from Mexico

This is a warp-faced 3-thread twill woven cotton fabric containing 88% cotton by weight, weighing 280 g/m², with dyed warp yarns in indigo and lighter weft yarns, meeting the denim definition. It is not napped and used for manufacturing durable work pants. Classified under HTS 5209.43.0030 due to its high cotton content, weight over 200 g/m², and specific twill weave of yarns of different colors.

Duty Rate — Mexico → United States

18.4%

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

Import Tips

Verify yarn composition and weight via lab testing to confirm ≥85% cotton and >200 g/m², as exceeding these shifts classification

Provide weave structure documentation (e.g

twill pattern photos) to CBP to prove 3- or 4-thread twill compliance

Avoid common pitfalls like misdeclaring as lighter fabric; ensure no napping treatment is applied post-weaving