Jacquard Head for Textile Looms from China
A Jacquard head is specialized auxiliary machinery for looms that individually controls warp threads to produce highly complex patterns like brocades. Classified under HTS 8448.49.20.00 as auxiliary machinery for weaving machines of heading 8446. It revolutionized textile production by automating intricate designs.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
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 engineering drawings showing harness integration to prove loom-specific use
• Ensure origin certificates for preferential duty treatment under textile machinery agreements
• Avoid generic 'textile machinery part' descriptions that trigger 8438 classification