5408.34.90

Analysis

HTS 5408.34.90 covers other: other under heading 5408 (woven fabrics of artificial filament yarn, including woven fabrics obtained from…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 7 ten-digit suffixes, reported in square metres and kilograms.

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 12%. 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 12 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 12%. 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 12% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 54 (67th percentile of 123 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,200 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 81%, 6.8 times the general rate.

The ten-digit suffixes separate mixed mainly or solely with synthetic…, poplin or broadcloth, sheeting(627), printcloth, satin weave or twill weave and discharge printed. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.