Cotton Gauze Fabric for Medical Dressings
Lightweight, open-weave cotton gauze fabric specifically designed for manufacturing bandages and wound dressings. It features a warp with standing threads crossed by doup threads forming loops through which weft threads pass, meeting the definition of gauze in heading 5803. This plain cotton version, wider than 30 cm, is classified under 5803.00.10.00.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If width not exceeding 30 cm with selvages
Narrow woven fabrics under 30 cm wide fall into heading 5806, regardless of gauze structure.
If impregnated or coated for textile use
Chapter note excludes impregnated/coated fabrics from Chapter 58, moving them to Chapter 59.
If cut and hemmed into finished dressings
Completed medical dressings are classified by end use in Chapter 30, not as unfinished fabric.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Verify weave structure complies with gauze definition (doup threads forming loops) via lab testing to avoid misclassification
• Provide mill certificates confirming 100% cotton content and width exceeding 30 cm to distinguish from narrow fabrics in 5806
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