Analysis
HTS 5311.00.40 covers other: other under heading 5311 (woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibers; woven fabrics of paper yarn). 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 14.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 5311.00.20 (containing more than 17 percent by weight of wool or fine animal hair…) at 14.5%, a difference of 14.5 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 40% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 40% duty.
For statistics it divides in two: 5311.00.40.10 for of true hemp fibers (810) and 5311.00.40.20 for other (810). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 77% of the 30 tariff lines in chapter 53 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5311.00.20 | Containing more than 17 percent by weight of wool or fine animal hair (410) | 14.5% |
| 5311.00.30 | Containing cotton and man-made fibers | Free |
| 5311.00.60 | Woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibers; woven fabrics of paper yarn: of paper yarn | 2.7% |