Cotton Mill Nep Wadding Balls from China
Compressed balls of cotton mill neps and dust reformed into wadding for industrial cleaning or filler uses. HTS 5601.21.00.90 includes textile dust and mill neps of cotton as other wadding articles with short fibers. Recycled nature from milling process fits the flock/wadding definition.
Duty Rate — China → United States
38.6%
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
• Certify neps are clean and fiber-length compliant; declare recycled content accurately
• Watch for contamination that could reclassify as waste under Chapter 63