Poly-Cotton Dyed Broadcloth Workwear Material from China
A dyed broadcloth fabric blending 70% cotton with 30% polyester staple fibers, at 190 g/m², used for durable work shirts. As a plain weave not of square construction with yarn number >26, it fits the poplin/broadcloth definition in statistical note (a). HTS 5514.29.0010 applies for dyed, mixed <85% synthetics over 170 g/m².
Duty Rate — China → United States
47%
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
• Provide weave structure certificates to prove non-square construction for poplin status
• Watch for napping that might affect classification if undocumented
• Pitfall: overweight declarations leading to Chapter 52 review