Analysis
HTS 5408.21.00 covers unbleached or bleached under heading 5408 (woven fabrics of artificial filament yarn, including woven fabrics obtained from…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in square metres and kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 25%. Compared with 5408.34.30 (containing 30 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste, valued…), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves 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.
For statistics it divides in two: 5408.21.00.30 for weighing not more than 170 g/m² (618) and 5408.21.00.60 for weighing more than 170 g/m² (618). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5408.10.00 | Woven fabrics obtained from high tenacity yarn of viscose rayon (618) | 14.9% |
| 5408.22.10 | Of cuprammonium rayon (618) | 14.9% |
| 5408.22.90 | Dyed: other | 14.9% |
| 5408.23.11 | Of cuprammonium rayon (618) | Free |
| 5408.23.19 | 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 (618) | Free |
| 5408.23.21 | Of cuprammonium rayon (618) | 12% |
| 5408.23.29 | Other: other | 12% |
| 5408.24.10 | Of cuprammonium rayon (618) | 12% |
| 5408.24.90 | Printed: other | 12% |
| 5408.31.05 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 25% |
| 5408.31.10 | Mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair: other (624) | 12% |
| 5408.31.20 | Unbleached or bleached: other | 14.9% |
| 5408.32.05 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 19.7% |
| 5408.32.10 | Mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair: other (624) | 12% |
| 5408.32.30 | Containing 30 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste, valued over $33 per kg (618) | 6.9% |
| 5408.32.90 | Other: other | 15% |
| 5408.33.05 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 19.6% |
| 5408.33.10 | Mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair: other (624) | 12% |
| 5408.33.15 | Containing 85 percent or more by weight of man-made filaments, 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 (618) | 12.3¢/kg + 11.4% |
| 5408.33.30 | Containing 30 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste, valued over $33 per kg (618) | 6.9% |
| 5408.33.90 | Other: other | 12% |
| 5408.34.05 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | Free |
| 5408.34.10 | Mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair: other (624) | 12% |
| 5408.34.30 | Containing 30 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste, valued over $33 per kg (618) | Free |
| 5408.34.90 | Other: other | 12% |