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October 2025, question 32
Classification · Classification: GRIs, notes and headings
Of the four choices below, which is the best CLASSIFICATION of a pair of men’s trousers made up of 100 percent polyester knit pile fabric, the outer surface of which has been laminated with a polyester material that completely obscures the underlying fabric?
- 6103.43.1520
- 6103.49.8024
- 6113.00.1012
- 6203.43.7590
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CBP's answer: A. A: 6103.43.1520
Chapter 60 Note 1(c) sends laminated knit fabrics to Chapter 59, but expressly keeps knitted pile fabrics, even if laminated, in heading 6001. The trousers are made of knit pile fabric, so they are knitted trousers of Chapter 61 (Note 1 of Chapter 61 covers made up knitted articles), of synthetic fibers, men's: 6103.43.1520. Chapter 62 (woven) and 6113 (garments of coated knit fabric under 5903) do not apply.
However, knitted or crocheted pile fabrics, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, remain classified in heading 6001. Chapter 60, Note 1
Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts 6103.43.1520
Search for: knitted or crocheted pile fabrics, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated
CBP's key cites: General Rules of Interpretation; Chapter 54, Note 1; Chapter 59, Note 1; Chapter 60, Note 1
Question and key from CBP's October 2025 exam and answer key. The walk-through is ours; quotes are from the pinned editions in the reference viewer (HTSUS 2026 Basic, 19 CFR 2025 edition).