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3. Bleached, half-bleached, stamped, dyed by the piece or woven with threads 
dyed before being woven. 
Number of threads in six square millimeters (14 inch). 
Length and width in meters and centimeters. 
Weight of 100 square meters. 
Price of the unity and partial value of each kind, and nature of same. 
Expenses up to the time of shipment to Cuba. 
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Mrxep Fasrics 
Mixed fabrics, cotton mixed with silk, wool, or any other mixture, should be so stated 
in the invoice. The principal material should also be stated and proportion of the princi- 
pal material. If proportion of principal is silk or wool, then goods pay duty ad-valorem 
and not by threads as cotton goods. Also if goods contain one-fifth or more of silk, wool or 
other material, goods pay duty ad-valorem as silk or wool. 
Reapy-MApDE CLOTHING AND WEARING APPAREL 
Ready-made clothing, wearing apparel of all kinds and of any style and, generally, 
all articles made up by the seamstress or tailor, shall be hable on their total weight to the 
duties on the principal and most prominent outside fabric. Give material, cotton, wool, 
silk, etc., if composed of mixed material, and proportion of each. Do not state in the 
invoice, wool or silk, unless material is actually wool or silk, as those goods pay more duty 
than cotton and other material. 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SHIPPING READY-MADE CLOTHING 
Gross and net weight of box or package, must be given. When ready-made cotton 
clothing is shipped in cardboard boxes the net weight of these cardboard boxes should 
be given separately. 
In the Cuban Custom Houses cotton goods pay duty according to the number of 
threads in a space of six millimeters or one-fourth of aninch. A surtax of 100% is placed 
on ready-made cotton clothing and a surtax of 30% for colored threads on both ready- 
made clothing and fabrics. If the goods contain silk, wool or any other material, a surtax 
is placed. If the mixture of silk, wool, or any other material, exceeds one-fifth of the 
threads, then the fabrics or goods, are considered as silk or wool and pay duty ad-valorem. 
In sending ready-made cotton clothing to Cuba, the shipper may, if possible, give number 
of threads in a space of six millimeters and if the goods are crossed or plain woven. This 
information is not absolutely necessary, but is a help to the Custom House and to the 
broker. 
For the application of the corresponding surtax, clothing and articles half-finished 
or basted shall be considered as made-up articles. 
INvoIcEs FOR READY-MaApbDE CLOTHING 
In the invoices for ready-made clothing to be sent to Cuba, the shipper should always 
give net weight separate of each class or lot of goods, and the reference mark or number. 
Ready-made clothing almost always has a reference mark which is attached to the garment 
by a tag. The reason for this is that goods which may appear similar, when they are 
placed under the thread counter are found to contain a different number of threads and 
goods pay at different rates. When the net weights of different lots of ready-made 
clothing are bunched together, it means that every lot must be weighed in the Custom 
House, which causes a vast amount of delay in the despatch. 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SHIPPING CoTTON FABRICS 
The instructions for shipping ready-made clothing apply to fabrics except that for 
fabrics samples should always be sent. In the Custom Houses, samples of cotton fabrics 
are always taken, and sending samples avoids the piece of goods being mutilated, and 
facilitates the work in the Custom House. 
