4601

Analysis

Heading 4601 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, whether or not assembled into strips; plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, bound together in parallel strands or woven, in sheet form…. It divides into 7 six-digit subheadings and 20 eight-digit tariff lines, with 20 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

The spread of 8 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here. The highest rate, 8%, applies to 4601.21.90 (other: other) and 4601.22.90 (other: other).

5 of its 20 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (25%) and 15 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 8%. The median line pays 3.3%.

The largest subheadings are 4601.29 (other, 4 lines), 4601.21 (of bamboo, 3 lines), 4601.22 (of rattan, 3 lines) and 4601.93 (of rattan, 3 lines).

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing (321999). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.