Combed Alpaca Wool-Viscose Basketweave Upholstery Fabric from China
Combed basketweave fabric of 37% alpaca wool and 63% viscose staple, different color yarns for subtle texture, used in upholstery. Classifies HTS 5516.33.05.20 as combed wool-mixed artificial staple multicolored >36% fine hair. Weight 180 g/m².
Duty Rate — China → United States
60%
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
• Authenticate alpaca as fine animal hair with fiber diameter tests (<30 microns); declare basketweave structure
• Pitfall: upholstery end-use might trigger 55.16 other if not apparel
• Include flame retardancy certs if applicable