5516.44.00.90 - Other (220) 🖩

This HTS classification, 5516.44.00.90, encompasses "Other" printed woven fabrics containing less than 85 percent by weight of artificial staple fibers, predominantly mixed with cotton. These fabrics are characterized by the presence of artificial staple fibers (man-made fibers cut into staple lengths) as a significant component, but not the primary fiber by weight, with cotton being the principal accompanying fiber. The defining feature for this subcategory is that the fabric has undergone a printing process, imparting a pattern or design.

Distinguishing this category from its siblings involves recognizing specific fabric constructions or types. For instance, while 5516.44.00.10 covers poplin and broadcloth, and 5516.44.00.30 refers to printcloth, this category is for printed fabrics that do not fall under those more specific constructions. Similarly, it differentiates from categories like sheeting, cheesecloth, voiles, batistes, or duck, which represent distinct weave structures and fabric weights, even if they also contain artificial staple fibers and are printed.

As a leaf node in the HTS, 5516.44.00.90 does not have further subdivisions. Therefore, the classification of a printed woven fabric of artificial staple fibers and cotton within this category relies on its exclusion from more narrowly defined printed fabric types at the same level. If a fabric is printed, composed of less than 85% artificial staple fibers, primarily mixed with cotton, and does not fit the specific descriptions of poplin, broadcloth, printcloth, cheesecloth, lawns, voiles, batistes, or duck, it will be classified under this "Other" designation.