5212.23.10

Analysis

HTS 5212.23.10 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.

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 16.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 5212.25.60 (printed: other) at duty-free, a difference of 16.5 points on the customs value.

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 16.5%. 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 16.5% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 52 (98th percentile of 222 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,650 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 68.5%, 4.2 times the general rate.

For statistics it divides in two: 5212.23.10.10 for not combed (410) and 5212.23.10.20 for combed (410). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.