HTS tariff line · chapter 55
5507.00.00
Artificial staple fibers, carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning
Analysis
HTS 5507.00.00 covers artificial staple fibers, carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning under heading 5507 (artificial staple fibers, carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning).
The general duty rate is 5% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 55 (15th percentile of 133 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $500 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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 5%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 51.5%, 10.3 times the general rate.
It is the only US line under subheading 5507.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 5507.00 points straight here.