Kapok-Filled Mattress from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
16%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.94, articles the product of Mexico, 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