Kapok-Filled Mattress from Germany
Full mattress stuffed with kapok fiber from ceiba tree pods, known for lightweight loft and hypoallergenic properties. This qualifies under HTS 9404.29.90 as a mattress of other materials, since kapok is a vegetable fiber not covered by cotton, wool, or man-made headings. Features quilted cotton encasement.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
16%
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
Import Tips
• Provide fiber content lab tests proving kapok predominance; comply with CPSC flammability
• Pitfall: mislabeling as cotton leads to wrong subheading