Seamed Stainless Steel Fourdrinier Wire Cloth from China
This is a seamed woven cloth made from stainless steel wire with meshes finer than 36 wires per linear centimeter, designed specifically for use in Fourdrinier papermaking machines. It forms the forming section where pulp slurry is dewatered into a continuous web of paper. Classified under HTS 7314.14.60.00 as other Fourdrinier wires (not endless) suitable for papermaking.
Duty Rate — China → United States
75%
Rate breakdown
9903.82.0250%Except as provided for in headings 9903.82.14, 9903.85.67 and 9903.85.68, articles of aluminum, of steel or of copper and derivative aluminum or steel articles, as provided for in subdivisions (c)(i)–(v) of U.S. note 16 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)
9903.05.900%Articles already subject to Section 232 (steel/aluminum/copper + derivatives, autos + parts, wood, medium/heavy vehicles + parts, semiconductors, patented pharma) — U.S. note 52(f)
Import Tips
• Verify mesh density exceeds 36 wires/cm in warp or fill direction with lab testing to confirm classification
• Provide manufacturer specs proving suitability for Fourdrinier papermaking to avoid reclassification as generic mesh
• Ensure stainless steel composition documentation; alloy grades affect duty rates in some countries