Of polyesters
Part of: 5503 — Synthetic staple fibers, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning:
N028752 · 2008-05-22 — The tariff classification of polyester staple fibers from Italy and China
The submitted sample is identified as “Easter Grass” which is 100% polyester staple fibers. You state that the item will be imported in bulk bales and packaged domestically for retail sale. It will be sold as Easter basket grass. We assume that it is not bicomponent. The applicable subheading for the polyester staple fibers will be 5503.20.00, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for synthetic staple fibers, not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning: of polyesters. If the decitex is less than 3.3, the statistical suffix will be 25; if it…
N016821 · 2007-09-12 — The tariff classification of polyester staple fibers from Canada
12, 2007, you requested a tariff classification ruling. We had to return that request to you because we needed a sample. You have now supplied the sample in an undated letter received in our office Sept. 10, 2007. The sample which you submitted is being retained by this office. The fibers are derived from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a form of polyester. You state it is obtained from recycled bottles and film. The recycling is done in Canada and the U.S. The PET is purchased clean, in flake form, then remelted and extruded into fibers. The fibers are cut and compacted into what…
N008866 · 2007-03-29 — The tariff classification of flock and chopped staple fibers from Japan
, of New York City. You submitted samples of chopped fibers. Some of the fibers are polyester; the others are polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), a synthetic man-made fiber. The fibers are chopped to specific lengths. Some are packaged as either 4mm or 5mm. Others are 8mm, 10mm, or 30mm. The Explanatory Note to heading 5601, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), describes textile flock as textile fibers not exceeding 5mm in length, produced by cutting textile fibers or tow; chopped fibers are also included. The applicable subheading for the chopped fibers that do not exceed 5mm, both…
h86602 · 2002-01-06 — The tariff classification of polyester staple fibers from Korea.
, you requested a ruling on tariff classification. This is a follow-up to your ruling request of August 16, 2001, which we returned for more information under our file H85128, dated August 30. You have now submitted a sample of polyester staple fiber in a form you claim to be waste, classifiable in subheading 5505.10.0040, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for waste...of man-made fibers, of synthetic fibers, of polyester. You have submitted the manufacturing process as we requested. It states that the raw materials used to produce the fibers are PET film…
g81896 · 2000-10-10 — The tariff classification of polyester staple fiber from Taiwan, Indonesia, Korea, and Japan.
You state that your company imports polyester staple fiber which has been produced in the following manner: polyester plastic bottles are collected from consumers, reground into polyester chips, and remelted. This remelted polyester is then converted into staple fiber by an extrusion process. You do not state the decitex. We assume from your letter that the fibers are not processed for spinning. Your letter asks if this fiber, because it is from bottle waste, as you put it, can be classifiable as waste in subheading 5505.10.40, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which…
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