Stainless Steel Papermaker's Fine Mesh Fourdrinier Cloth from China
High-precision woven stainless steel cloth with mesh finer than 36 wires/cm, supplied flat for fabrication into Fourdrinier paper machine forming fabrics. Essential for high-quality tissue and printing paper production. HTS 7314.14.60.00 covers other (non-endless) Fourdrinier wires.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%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
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)
Import Tips
• Require supplier certificate confirming 'Fourdrinier suitable' design and stainless steel grade (typically 316L)
• Document width measurements; over 20 cm width affects statistical reporting but not heading
• Beware reclassification if shipped in rolls over certain lengths resembling endless bands