Silk Surgical Gauze Fabric from Japan
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 — 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 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