Silk Surgical Gauze Fabric from China
A lightweight, open-weave gauze fabric made from 100% silk, featuring warp threads with crossing doup threads forming loops for weft passage as per Chapter 58 note. Used in high-end medical dressings for its biocompatibility and breathability. Classified under 5803.00.90.10 due to exceeding 85% silk content and gauze structure.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
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
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Verify silk content via lab testing; certificates required for 85%+ claims to avoid reclassification
• Provide weave structure documentation proving doup threads per Chapter 58 note 3
• Avoid common pitfall of importing pre-impregnated gauze, which shifts to Chapter 59