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Cotton Wadding Quilt Batting from Japan

Thick sheets of cotton wadding used as batting in quilting and mattress production for insulation and loft. Classified in HTS 5601.21.00 as articles thereof of cotton textile wadding.

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

• Specify low-density loft in specs to differentiate from felt (5602); density tests prevent misclassification

• For blends under 85% cotton, confirm statistical suffix; pure cotton stays 5601.21