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Automotive Cotton Battery Wadding Separator from China

Thin cotton wadding sheets used as separators in lead-acid batteries for electrolyte absorption. Falls under HTS 5601.21.00.90 as other cotton wadding articles, with specialized density but retaining wadding structure of short fibers. Industrial application without coating excludes other headings.

Duty Rate — China → United States

41.1%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 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 engineering specs showing wadding structure; declare battery end-use carefully

• Ensure no impregnation visible to naked eye per chapter notes