Automotive Cabin Air Filter Media from Japan
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 — 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
• 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