Automotive Cotton Battery Wadding Separator from Japan
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 — 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
• Provide engineering specs showing wadding structure; declare battery end-use carefully
• Ensure no impregnation visible to naked eye per chapter notes