Analysis
HTS 4602.11.05 covers fishing baskets or creels under heading 4602 (basketwork, wickerwork and other articles, made directly to shape from plaiting materials…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 10%. Compared with 4602.11.35 (other: wickerwork), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 5 percentage points.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 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.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 9.0 times the general rate.
The general duty rate is 5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 46 (57th percentile of 48 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $500 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 339920 (Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing), an industry of 1,662 US establishments employing 39,073 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4602.11.07 | Other baskets and bags, whether or not lined: wickerwork | Free |
| 4602.11.09 | Other baskets and bags, whether or not lined: other | 10% |
| 4602.11.21 | Luggage, handbags and flatgoods, whether or not lined | 6.2% |
| 4602.11.35 | Other: wickerwork | Free |
| 4602.11.45 | Other: other | 6.6% |