5003.00.90

Analysis

HTS 5003.00.90 covers silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted stock): other under heading 5003 (silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted stock)).

The general duty rate is 2.5% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 50 (81st percentile of 13 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $250 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to duty-free, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 5003.00.10 (not carded or combed), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.5 percentage points.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 50%, 20.0 times the general rate.

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 2.5%. 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.