Foundationless Card Wire Points for Cylinder Cards from China
Individual card wire points or needles without backing foundation, intended for direct mounting on carding cylinders of machines in heading 8445. These precision wires ensure parallel orientation for efficient fiber paralleling during carding. HTS 8448.31.00.00 applies as they are suitable principally with carding equipment.
Duty Rate — China → United States
20.8%
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
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 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(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Provide mounting gauge and wire profile drawings certified for heading 8445 compatibility
• Avoid generic 'wire needles' descriptions; specify 'card clothing wires' explicitly