Analysis
HTS 5202.91.00 covers other: garnetted stock under heading 5202 (cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to duty-free. The costliest confusion would be with 5202.99.50 (other: other) at duty-free, a difference of 4.3 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 4.3% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 52 (12th percentile of 222 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $430 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 11 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 4.3%. 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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 314999 (All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills), an industry of 2,241 US establishments employing 26,500 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5202.10.00 | Yarn waste (including thread waste) | Free |
| 5202.99.05 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | Free |
| 5202.99.10 | Described in additional U.S. note 9 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions | Free |
| 5202.99.30 | Card strips made from cotton having a staple length under 30.1625 mm (1-3/16 inches) and lap waste, sliver waste and roving waste: other | 7.8¢/kg |
| 5202.99.50 | Other: other | Free |