Kapok-Filled Mattress from Japan
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 — 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 fiber content lab tests proving kapok predominance; comply with CPSC flammability
• Pitfall: mislabeling as cotton leads to wrong subheading