HTS Index

HTS heading 5911

Textile products and articles, for technical uses, specified in note 8 to this chapter — 22 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
5911Textile products and articles, for technical uses, specified in note 8 to this chapter + Ch. 99not stated
5911.10Textile fabrics, felt and felt-lined woven fabrics, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, leather or other material, of a kind used for card clothing, and similar fabrics of a kind used for other technical purposes, including narrow fabrics made of velvet impregnated with rubber, for covering weaving spindles (weaving beams) + Ch. 99not stated
5911.10.10.00Printers' rubberized blankets + Ch. 992.9%kg
5911.10.20.00Other + Ch. 993.8%kg
5911.20Bolting cloth, whether or not made up + Ch. 99not stated
5911.20.10.00Fabrics principally used for stenciling purposes in screen-process printing + Ch. 993.3%m2, kg
5911.20.20.00Of silk + Ch. 99Freem2, kg
5911.20.30.00Other (229) + Ch. 99Freem2, kg
5911.31.00Weighing less than 650 g/m2 + Ch. 993.8%
5911.31.00.10Press felts + Ch. 993.8% (inherited from 5911.31.00)m2, kg
5911.31.00.20Dryer felts and dryer fabrics + Ch. 993.8% (inherited from 5911.31.00)m2, kg
5911.31.00.30Paper-forming fabrics + Ch. 993.8% (inherited from 5911.31.00)m2, kg
5911.31.00.80Other + Ch. 993.8% (inherited from 5911.31.00)m2, kg
5911.32.00Weighing 650 g/m2 or more + Ch. 993.8%
5911.32.00.10Press felts + Ch. 993.8% (inherited from 5911.32.00)m2, kg
5911.32.00.20Dryer felts and dryer fabrics + Ch. 993.8% (inherited from 5911.32.00)m2, kg
5911.32.00.30Paper-forming fabrics + Ch. 993.8% (inherited from 5911.32.00)m2, kg
5911.32.00.80Other + Ch. 993.8% (inherited from 5911.32.00)m2, kg
5911.40.01.00Filtering or straining cloth of a kind used in oil presses or the like, including that of human hair + Ch. 998%m2, kg
5911.90.00Other + Ch. 993.8%
5911.90.00.40Cords, braids and the like of a kind used in industry as packing or lubricating material + Ch. 993.8% (inherited from 5911.90.00)kg
5911.90.00.80Other + Ch. 993.8% (inherited from 5911.90.00)kg

10 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.

Additional duties may apply

22 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.