Question: I have a women’s suit-type jacket. The fabric content is 48% wool/27% polyester/25%viscose The HTS jacket hierarchy goes from wool >cotton>synthetic>other>artificial>other Should I stop at wool and classify under 6204.31.2010 or should I consider that since polyester is synthetic (MMF) and viscose is artificial (MMF) should I go all way to the end with […]
Question: How are others in the membership handling imports of apparel samples? Is anyone using the 9811.00.60 provision? What are the advantages and disadvantages? We are trying to determine the best option between using the 9811 provision versus doing a regular entry. ========== Answers: Hi I would recommend the member look into ATA Carnet […]
Question: The terms artificial, synthetic and man-made all appear very close and can’t find a good set of definitions in the tariff, explanatory notes or informed compliance publications. Does anyone have a key of what fabrics fall under which provisions ? ************** Answers: When I was taking the broker exam, I did not classify apparel […]
Question: We have offices in China and Hong Kong that do our sourcing and are our buying agent. We import into the US using our Hong Kong offices MID most of the time. Some of the items we import are textile. For textile products, our broker uses the actual manufacturer MID. We sell to distributor’s. […]
Question: Currently in ACS for textile entries under 9802 we show the MID code of the shipping / altering facility in order to claim NAFTA benefits on the value added. Are others utilizing a 9802 process within ACE and does ACE require the actual manufacturer’s MID or the code of the shipping facility performing the […]
Question: My company makes a custom product that includes fabric. We are often required to send multiple fabric samples to customers in other countries for their approval and we struggle with importing the samples back into the US. As everyone knows, most fabric is not made in the US so we can’t use HTS 9801 […]
Question: Does anyone have a good definition of what Customs considers “visible lining”? ========== Answer: I don’t know if this helps, but General Note 12 of the Tariff Schedule (NAFTA), Chapter 61 Rule 2 specifies the following regarding visible lining: If the rule requires that the good must also satisfy the tariff change requirements for […]
QUESTION: Do any of the members have a textile fabric classification (not apparel) questionnaire they would be willing to share? **************
Question: Does anyone have a copy of the directive from CBP (from some time ago), that instructs the trade how to declare goods, particularly the MID code, when the 102.21 rule (covering origin of textiles) is invoked. Memory serves that the MID is to be the origin conferring entity, which is usually the fabric manufacturer. […]
QUESTION: We attempted to import a shipment from Australia containing test Clothes/textiles. Essentially our engineers wanted to test our products for the Australian markets with Australian textiles. However importing textiles is not our primary business so there are a lot of nuances we aren’t exactly familiar with. All of these products have […]
Question: Is anyone in the membership familiar with the labeling requirements for textiles and apparel being imported into the UK? The only required information that I could seem to find is the content, care and country of origin. There is an RN number used in the US on the labels, and a CA […]
Question: If we purchase fabric from Canadian vendor and send it directly to our Mfg.facility in Honduras (FTZ) to cut and assemble, then import to our warehousein US. Question I have for the membership – Would we pay duties on the apparelwhen we import them, the apparel consist of Medical tops and pants?
