5407.91.20

Analysis

HTS 5407.91.20 covers unbleached or bleached: other under heading 5407 (woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, including woven fabrics obtained from materials…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 6 ten-digit suffixes, reported in square metres and kilograms.

Rates on the nearby lines range from 12% to 25%. The costliest confusion would be with 5407.91.05 (containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair) at 25%, a difference of 10.1 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 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.

The ten-digit suffixes separate mixed mainly or solely with artificial…, poplin or broadcloth, sheeting, printcloth and satin weave or twill weave. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.