5003

Analysis

Heading 5003 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted stock). It has 2 tariff lines.

1 of its 2 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (50%) and 1 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 2.5%. The median line pays 1.25%.

Its lines are 5003.00.10 for not carded or combed (duty-free) and 5003.00.90 for silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn… (2.5%).

Its median rate of 1.25% sits at the 77th percentile of the headings in chapter 50.

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by All Other Animal Production (112990) and All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills (314999). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.