Cotton Gauze Fabric for Medical Dressings from Germany
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.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• 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