Napped Cotton-Polyester Twill Work Pants Fabric from China

This heavy napped twill fabric, weighing over 200 g/m², contains 70% cotton mixed with 30% polyester, featuring yarns of different colors in a 3-thread twill weave. The napping process creates a brushed surface for warmth and durability, ideal for workwear. It falls under HTS 5211.43.00.50 due to its mixed fiber composition, weight, multicolored yarns, twill structure, and napped finish.

Duty Rate — China → United States

43.1%

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

Verify fiber content via lab testing to confirm <85% cotton mixed with man-made fibers; discrepancies can lead to reclassification

Provide weave structure documentation and weight certificates, as >200 g/m² is critical for this subheading

Avoid common pitfalls like misdeclaring nap as 'printed'—specify brushing process to prevent shifts to plain twill codes