5208.49.80

Analysis

HTS 5208.49.80 covers of number 69 or higher number under heading 5208 (woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 percent or more by weight of cotton, weighing not…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in square metres and kilograms.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 9.7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 5208.49.20 (satin weave or twill weave (218)), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 14.7 percentage points.

Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, the Israel FTA, and 9 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 14.7%. 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.

The general duty rate is 14.7% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 52 (94th percentile of 222 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,470 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 38.5%, 2.6 times the general rate.

For statistics it divides in two: 5208.49.80.20 for jacquard woven (220) and 5208.49.80.90 for other (218). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.