Analysis
HTS 4601.22.80 covers other: floor coverings under heading 4601 (plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, whether or not assembled into strips…).
Within this group the rate runs from 3.3% to 8%. Compared with 4601.22.90 (other: other), which pays 8%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 8 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 40% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 40% duty.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 27% of the 48 tariff lines in chapter 46, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
The other lines in the same group are 4601.22.40 (woven or partly assembled, 3.3%) and 4601.22.90 (other: other, 8%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 321999 (All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing), an industry of 2,327 US establishments employing 31,381 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4601.22.40 | Woven or partly assembled | 3.3% |
| 4601.22.90 | Other: other | 8% |