5311.00.60

Analysis

HTS 5311.00.60 covers woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibers; woven fabrics of paper yarn: of paper yarn under heading 5311 (woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibers; woven fabrics of paper yarn).

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 14.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 5311.00.20 (containing more than 17 percent by weight of wool or fine animal hair…), at 14.5%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 11.8 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 2.7% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 53 (80th percentile of 30 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $270 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 40%, 14.8 times the general rate.

Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.7%. 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.