HTS heading · chapter 51
5103
Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste but excluding garnetted stock
Analysis
Heading 5103 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste but excluding garnetted stock. It divides into 3 six-digit subheadings and 3 eight-digit tariff lines, with 3 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
None of its 3 lines is duty-free at the general rate. Rates run from 7% to 7% with a median of 7%, so the line you choose sets the duty.
2 of the lines carry specific or compound rates (per kilogram, per dozen and so on) rather than a percentage, so their burden depends on the unit value of the goods.
The largest subheadings are 5103.10 (unnamed, 1 line), 5103.20 (unnamed, 1 line) and 5103.30 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of 7% sits at the 73rd percentile of the headings in chapter 51.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills (314999). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5103.10.00 | Noils of wool or of fine animal hair | 2.6¢/kg |
| 5103.20.00 | Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste but excluding garnetted stock: other waste of wool or of fine animal hair | 2.6¢/kg |
| 5103.30.00 | Waste of coarse animal hair | 7% |