Analysis
HTS 5211.52.00 covers 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill under heading 5211 (woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 percent by weight of cotton, mixed…). 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 8.4%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 5211.51.00 (printed: plain weave), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 8.1 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 8.1%. 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 8.1% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 52 (37th percentile of 222 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $810 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
For statistics it divides in two: 5211.52.00.20 for not napped (317) and 5211.52.00.40 for napped (317). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25.9%, 3.2 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5211.11.00 | Unbleached: plain weave | 7.7% |
| 5211.12.00 | 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill | 7.7% |
| 5211.19.00 | Unbleached: other fabrics | 7.7% |
| 5211.20.21 | Bleached: plain weave | 8.4% |
| 5211.20.22 | 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill | 8.4% |
| 5211.20.29 | Bleached: other fabrics | 8.4% |
| 5211.31.00 | Dyed: plain weave | 8.1% |
| 5211.32.00 | 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill | 8.1% |
| 5211.39.00 | Dyed: other fabrics | 8.1% |
| 5211.41.00 | Of yarns of different colors: plain weave | 8.1% |
| 5211.42.00 | Of yarns of different colors: denim | 8.1% |
| 5211.43.00 | Of yarns of different colors: other fabrics of 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill | 8.1% |
| 5211.49.00 | Of yarns of different colors: other fabrics | 8.1% |
| 5211.51.00 | Printed: plain weave | Free |
| 5211.59.00 | Printed: other fabrics | 8.1% |