High-Tenacity Viscose Tow for Tire Cord from Germany
High-tenacity viscose filament tow designed for industrial tire cord reinforcement, featuring untwisted bundles of strong artificial filaments. Falls under HTS 5502.90.00.00 as other artificial tow, prior to spinning into yarn. Used in rubber reinforcement composites.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Certify tenacity specs (>8 g/denier) for industrial end-use; declare exact decitex to match statistical suffixes
• Common issue: classifying as finished cord under 5607