Multi-Color Checkered Upholstery Blend Fabric from Japan
Durable woven fabric with 75% artificial staple fibers combined with polyester filaments in a checkered pattern of various colors, suited for upholstery. It qualifies for HTS 5516.23.00.90 as 'other' woven fabrics mixed <85% artificial staples with filaments of different colors. The yarn color variation excludes it from plain or single-color categories.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Test for weight and construction to differentiate from Chapter 55 poplin/broadcloth statistical notes
• Declare as upholstery but classify by fiber; avoid end-use based reclassification
• Retain dyeing records proving multi-color yarns pre-weave