HTS heading · chapter 51
5105
Wool and fine or coarse animal hair, carded or combed (including combed wool in fragments)
Analysis
Heading 5105 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers wool and fine or coarse animal hair, carded or combed (including combed wool in fragments). It divides into 6 six-digit subheadings and 6 eight-digit tariff lines, with 6 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
Every one of its 6 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 18th percentile of the headings in chapter 51.
5 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 5105.10 (unnamed, 1 line), 5105.21 (unnamed, 1 line), 5105.29 (unnamed, 1 line) and 5105.31 (unnamed, 1 line).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills (313110). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5105.10.00 | Wool and fine or coarse animal hair, carded or combed (including combed wool in fragments): carded wool (400) | 6.5¢/kg + 5.3% |
| 5105.21.00 | Combed wool in fragments (400) | 3.7¢/kg + 3% |
| 5105.29.00 | Wool tops and other combed wool: other (400) | 3.9¢/kg + 3.1% |
| 5105.31.00 | Of Kashmir (cashmere) goats (400) | 6.8¢/kg + 5.5% |
| 5105.39.00 | Fine animal hair, carded or combed: other (400) | 6.8¢/kg + 5.5% |
| 5105.40.00 | Coarse animal hair, carded or combed | Free |