5201.00.60

Analysis

HTS 5201.00.60 covers described in additional U.S. note 8 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions under heading 5201 (cotton, not carded or combed).

The general rate is 1.5¢/kg, a specific or compound duty rather than a simple percentage, so the effective burden depends on the unit value of the goods: cheap goods pay proportionally more than expensive ones. Importers usually convert it to an ad valorem equivalent to compare it with other lines.

Goods that qualify under the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, the Caribbean Basin Initiative, the Israel FTA, and 9 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 1.5¢/kg. GSP does not cover it, so the saving depends on a free-trade agreement and its rules of origin, not on the exporter's development status.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 111920 (Cotton Farming). That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.

Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of 1.5¢/kg.