Silver Metallic Brocade Fabric for Curtains from Germany
A jacquard-woven brocade fabric incorporating silver metal thread, designed for luxury curtain panels and draperies as furnishing fabrics. Classified under HTS 5809.00.00.00 due to its metal thread composition and explicit use in furnishings, per chapter provisions for such articles. It differs from standard brocades by the metal thread integration.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
14.9%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.380%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 equal to or greater than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Include furnishing end-use certificates to justify classification over general woven fabrics in Chapter 58
• Conduct metallurgical analysis on threads to confirm 'metal thread' per HTS definitions
• Avoid common pitfall of misdeclaring as synthetic brocade, which shifts to 5407/5408 without metal