Analysis
HTS 5407.81.00 covers unbleached or bleached under heading 5407 (woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, including woven fabrics obtained from materials…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 5 ten-digit suffixes, reported in square metres and kilograms.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 25%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 5407.73.10 (the thread count of which per cm (treating multiple (folded) or…), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 14.9 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 14.9%. 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 14.9% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 54 (85th percentile of 123 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,490 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 81%, 5.4 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5407.10.00 | Woven fabrics obtained from high tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides or of polyesters | 13.6% |
| 5407.20.00 | Woven fabrics obtained from strip or the like (620) | Free |
| 5407.30.10 | Over 60 percent by weight of plastics | Free |
| 5407.30.90 | Fabrics specified in note 9 to section XI: other (620) | 8% |
| 5407.41.00 | Unbleached or bleached | 13.6% |
| 5407.42.00 | Other woven fabrics, containing 85 percent or more by weight of filaments of nylon or other polyamides: dyed | 14.9% |
| 5407.43.10 | The thread count of which per cm (treating multiple (folded) or cabled yarns as single threads) is over 69 but not over 142 in the warp and over 31 but not over 71 in the filling (620) | 12.2¢/kg + 11.3% |
| 5407.43.20 | Of yarns of different colors: other | 8.5% |
| 5407.44.00 | Other woven fabrics, containing 85 percent or more by weight of filaments of nylon or other polyamides: printed | 12% |
| 5407.51.00 | Unbleached or bleached | 14.9% |
| 5407.52.05 | Measuring less than 77 cm in width or less than 77 cm between selvages, the thread count of which per cm (treating multiple (folded) or cabled yarns as single threads) is over 69 but not over 142 in the warp and over 31 but not over 71 in the filling (619) | 18.9¢/kg + 17.6% |
| 5407.52.20 | Dyed: other | 14.9% |
| 5407.53.10 | The thread count of which per cm (treating multiple (folded) or cabled yarns as single threads) is over 69 but not over 142 in the warp and over 31 but not over 71 in the filling (619) | 18.8¢/kg + 17.4% |
| 5407.53.20 | Of yarns of different colors: other | 12% |
| 5407.54.00 | Other woven fabrics, containing 85 percent or more by weight of textured polyester filaments: printed | 14.9% |
| 5407.61.11 | Wholly of polyester, of single yarns measuring not less than 75 decitex but not more than 80 decitex, having 24 filaments per yarn and with a twist of 900 or more turns per meter (619) | 19.4¢/kg + 18% |
| 5407.61.19 | Dyed, measuring less than 77 cm in width or less than 77 cm between selvages, the thread count of which per cm (treating multiple (folded) or cabled yarns as single threads) is over 69 but not over 142 in the warp and over 31 but not over 71 in the filling: other (619) | 19.4¢/kg + 18% |
| 5407.61.21 | Wholly of polyester, of single yarns meas- uring not less than 75 decitex but not more than 80 decitex, having 24 filaments per yarn and with a twist of 900 or more turns per meter (619) | 12.2¢/kg + 11.3% |
| 5407.61.29 | Of yarns of different colors, the thread count of which per cm (treating multiple (folded) or cabled yarns as single threads) is over 69 but not over 142 in the warp and over 31 but not over 71 in the filling: other (619) | 12.2¢/kg + 11.3% |
| 5407.61.91 | Wholly of polyester, of single yarns meas- uring not less than 75 decitex but not more than 80 decitex, having 24 filaments per yarn and with a twist of 900 or more turns per meter (619) | 14.9% |
| 5407.61.99 | Other: other | 14.9% |
| 5407.69.10 | Unbleached or bleached | 14.9% |
| 5407.69.20 | Other: dyed | 14.9% |
| 5407.69.30 | The thread count of which per cm (treating multiple (folded) or cabled yarns as single threads) is over 69 but not over 142 in the warp and over 31 but not over 71 in the filling (620) | Free |
| 5407.69.40 | Of yarns of different colors: other | 8.5% |
| 5407.69.90 | Other: printed | 14.9% |
| 5407.71.00 | Unbleached or bleached | 14.9% |
| 5407.72.00 | Other woven fabrics, containing 85 percent or more by weight of synthetic filaments: dyed | 14.9% |
| 5407.73.10 | The thread count of which per cm (treating multiple (folded) or cabled yarns as single threads) is over 69 but not over 142 in the warp and over 31 but not over 71 in the filling (620) | Free |
| 5407.73.20 | Of yarns of different colors: other | 8.5% |
| 5407.74.00 | Other woven fabrics, containing 85 percent or more by weight of synthetic filaments: printed | 14.9% |
| 5407.82.00 | Other woven fabrics, containing less than 85 percent by weight of synthetic filaments, mixed mainly or solely with cotton: dyed | 14.9% |
| 5407.83.00 | Of yarns of different colors | 8.5% |
| 5407.84.00 | Other woven fabrics, containing less than 85 percent by weight of synthetic filaments, mixed mainly or solely with cotton: printed | 14.9% |
| 5407.91.05 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 25% |
| 5407.91.10 | Mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair: other (624) | 12% |
| 5407.91.20 | Unbleached or bleached: other | 14.9% |
| 5407.92.05 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 25% |
| 5407.92.10 | Mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair: other | 12% |
| 5407.92.20 | Dyed: other | 14.9% |