Somet SMIT Wide-Format Rapier Power Loom from Japan
Somet SMIT's rapier shuttleless power loom engineered for fabrics over 4.9m wide, used in production of wide architectural membranes. HTS 8446.30.10 applies to its power-driven weaving of extra-wide fabrics.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Provide OEM engineering drawings showing shuttleless rapier insertion and width specs
• Budget for potential Section 301 tariffs on EU textile machinery imports