HTS tariff line · chapter 52
5208.11.60
Suitable for making typewriter ribbon, containing yarns the average number of which exceeds 85 but not 237, the total thread count (treating multiple (folded) or cabled yarns as single threads) per square centimeter is not less than 94 and not more than 134, and in which the thread count of either the warp or filling does not exceed 60 percent of the total thread count of the warp and filling (220)
Analysis
HTS 5208.11.60 covers suitable for making typewriter ribbon, containing yarns the average number of which exceeds 85 but not 237, the total thread count (treating multiple (folded)… under heading 5208 (woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more by weight of cotton, weighing not…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 7% to 10.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 5208.11.80 (of number 69 or higher number: other) at 10.5%, a difference of 10.5 points on the customs value.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 7% of the 222 tariff lines in chapter 52 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
The other lines in the same group are 5208.11.20 (of number 42 or lower number, 7%), 5208.11.40 (of numbers 43 to 68, 9%) and 5208.11.80 (of number 69 or higher number: other, 10.5%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 313220 (Narrow Fabric Mills and Schiffli Machine Embroidery), an industry of 173 US establishments employing 4,926 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5208.11.20 | Of number 42 or lower number | 7% |
| 5208.11.40 | Of numbers 43 to 68 | 9% |
| 5208.11.80 | Of number 69 or higher number: other | 10.5% |