Viscose Staple Cheesecloth-Style Fabric from China
Plain weave viscose staple fiber fabric under 170 g/m² with 30 warp/filling picks per cm², akin to cheesecloth note (d) but not pure cotton. HTS 5515.99.90 for other synthetic staple wovens. Applied in medical gauze and strainers.
Duty Rate — China → United States
43.5%
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
• Confirm low density (≤33 picks/cm²) via weave analysis; sterilize for medical end-use compliance; track origin rules for preferential tariffs