3921.90.25

Analysis

HTS 3921.90.25 covers products with textile components in which man-made fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber under heading 3921 (other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in square metres and kilograms.

The general duty rate is 6.5% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 39 (86th percentile of 236 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $650 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Caribbean Basin Initiative, the Israel FTA, and 8 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 6.5%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.

Rates on the nearby lines range from 4.2% to 6.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 3921.90.40 (other: flexible) at 4.2%, a difference of 2.3 points on the customs value.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 83.5%, 12.8 times the general rate.

For statistics it divides in two: 3921.90.25.10 for over 70 percent by weight of plastics and 3921.90.25.50 for other (229). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.