Weighing less than 650 g/m2
Textile products and articles, for technical uses, specified in note 8 to this chapter: > Textile fabrics and felts, endless or fitted with linking devices, of a kind used in papermaking or similar machines (for example, for pulp or asbestos-cement): > Weighing less than 650 g/m2
Duty Rate (from China)
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
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)
Subheadings
Products classified under HTS 5911.31.00
Formex Papermaking Wire Cloth
Endless woven textile fabric designed for high-speed papermaking machines, weighing under 650 g/m², used as a forming wire to support pulp slurry during paper sheet formation. Classified under HTS 5911.31.00 as a technical textile fabric per note 8 to chapter 59, specifically for papermaking machines.
Synthetic Forming Fabric for Paper Machines
Seamless synthetic endless fabric fitted with linking devices, under 650 g/m², for dewatering and forming paper in Fourdrinier machines. Falls under HTS 5911.31.00 as a specialized textile for papermaking per chapter 59 note 8.
Polyester Press Felt for Papermaking
Needle-punched polyester felt, endless with pin seams, weighing less than 650 g/m², used in paper machine press sections for water extraction. HTS 5911.31.00 covers such technical felts for papermaking machines as defined in note 8.
SSB Forming Wire for Tissue Paper Machines
Single Seam Bonded (SSB) synthetic wire cloth under 650 g/m² for tissue and towel paper forming sections. Technical textile endless fabric under HTS 5911.31.00 for papermaking machines.
Triple Layer Paper Machine Fabric
Advanced triple-layer synthetic fabric with linking devices, <650 g/m², for premium paper forming in modern papermachines. Meets HTS 5911.31.00 criteria for papermaking technical textiles.
Pulp Machine Dewatering Fabric
Endless woven fabric <650 g/m² for dewatering pulp sheets in pulp processing machines, akin to papermaking. Covered by HTS 5911.31.00 per note 8 inclusion of pulp machines.
Papermaker's Wet Press Felt
Specialized wet press section felt with batt-on-base construction, endless, under 650 g/m² for shoe presses in paper machines. HTS 5911.31.00 for technical papermaking felts.
Cylinder Mold Cover Fabric
Fine woven endless fabric <650 g/m² covering cylinder molds in older paper machine wet ends for sheet formation. Technical textile under HTS 5911.31.00.
Seamless Paper Forming Apron
Seamless apron-style forming fabric under 650 g/m² for specialty paper machines, endless with integrated linking. Classifies in HTS 5911.31.00 as papermaking technical fabric.
Monofilament Papermaking Screen
100% polyester monofilament woven screen fabric <650 g/m², endless for paper forming. HTS 5911.31.00 technical textile for papermachines.