Analysis
HTS 4602.12.35 covers other: wickerwork 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 18%. Compared with 4602.12.25 (luggage, handbags and flatgoods, whether or not lined: other), which pays 18%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 18 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 45% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 45% 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 4602.12.05 | Fishing baskets or creels | 5% |
| 4602.12.14 | Other baskets and bags, whether or not lined: wickerwork | Free |
| 4602.12.16 | Other baskets and bags, whether or not lined: other | 5% |
| 4602.12.23 | Articles of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag | 9% |
| 4602.12.25 | Luggage, handbags and flatgoods, whether or not lined: other | 18% |
| 4602.12.45 | Other: other | 6.6% |