5212.15.10

Analysis

HTS 5212.15.10 covers containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair under heading 5212 (other woven fabrics of cotton). 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 16.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 5212.24.10 (containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair), at 16.5%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 16.5 percentage points.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 68.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 68.5% duty.

For statistics it divides in two: 5212.15.10.10 for not combed (410) and 5212.15.10.20 for combed (410). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 7% of the 222 tariff lines in chapter 52. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.