Silver Metallic Brocade Fabric for Curtains from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
24.9%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 10% ad valorem on products of Mexico
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