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Recycled Textile Mill Neps Wadding from Japan

Wadding formed from recycled textile mill neps and short fibers for industrial padding and soundproofing. HTS 5601.29.00 includes mill neps processed into wadding articles of mixed origins.

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 recycling certificates and fiber origin traceability

• Confirm neps exceed 5mm processed length vs. raw dust

• Separate from flock by showing carded wadding structure