Automotive Cabin Air Filter Media from Germany
Nonwoven fabric made from mechanically entangled polyester staple fibers, weighing over 150 g/m², used as the filter media in car cabin air filters to capture dust and pollen. Classified under HTS 5603.94.90.50 due to its mechanical entanglement process and staple fiber composition, without full embedding in plastics. It meets the chapter notes as a nonwoven not excluded to chapters 39 or 40.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Section 301 (forced labor) — European Union member state (col1 rate < 10 percent): MFN < 10% → total duty capped at 10%
Import Tips
• Verify fiber content and weight per chapter notes to avoid reclassification; provide lab tests proving mechanical entanglement; ensure no visible plastic coating exceeding exclusion thresholds