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Flexible Rubber Card Clothing for Wool Carding from Germany

Rubber-based card clothing with embedded teeth for wool carding machines (heading 8445), providing gentle fiber handling to prevent damage to delicate wool fibers. The flexible foundation conforms to the cylinder surface during high-speed carding operations. HTS 8448.31.00.00 covers this as an accessory principally for carding auxiliary machinery.

Duty Rate — Germany → United States

10%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter

Import Tips

• Include rubber compound specifications and durometer ratings in import docs to confirm suitability for wool processing

• Ensure end-user declaration specifies carding machine model to prevent reclassification as general rubber parts