Alpaca Wool Wadding for Mattress Filling from Japan
Loose wadding of alpaca fine animal hair fibers ≤5 mm, compressed for mattress and pillow cores. Classified in 5601.29.0020 for other wadding of fine animal hair, not processed into nonwovens.
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
• Obtain veterinary certificates for animal hair origin to comply with sanitary import rules
• Specify 'fine animal hair' in invoices; mislabeling as generic wool triggers audits