Analysis
HTS 5509.42.00 covers multiple (folded) or cabled yarn under heading 5509 (yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibers, not put up for retail sale). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from 7.5% to 13.2%. Compared with 5509.99.60 (other: other (607)), which pays 13.2%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 6.2 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 7% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 55 (18th percentile of 133 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $700 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 7%. 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 61.5%, 8.8 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 5509.42.00.10 for of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibers (604) and 5509.42.00.90 for other (604). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5509.11.00 | Containing 85 percent or more by weight of staple fibers of nylon or other polyamides: single yarn (604) | 9.4% |
| 5509.12.00 | Multiple (folded) or cabled yarn (604) | 10.6% |
| 5509.21.00 | Containing 85 percent or more by weight of polyester staple fibers: single yarn (604) | 9.7% |
| 5509.22.00 | Multiple (folded) or cabled yarn | 10.6% |
| 5509.31.00 | Containing 85 percent or more by weight of acrylic or modacrylic staple fibers: single yarn (604) | 9% |
| 5509.32.00 | Multiple (folded) or cabled yarn (604) | 10% |
| 5509.41.00 | Other yarn, containing 85 percent or more by weight of synthetic staple fibers: single yarn | 9% |
| 5509.51.30 | Mixed mainly or solely with artificial staple fibers: single yarn (607) | 9.7% |
| 5509.51.60 | Multiple (folded) or cabled yarn (607) | 10.6% |
| 5509.52.00 | Mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair (607) | 12% |
| 5509.53.00 | Mixed mainly or solely with cotton | 13.2% |
| 5509.59.00 | Other yarn, of polyester staple fibers: other (607) | 13.2% |
| 5509.61.00 | Mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair (607) | 13.2% |
| 5509.62.00 | Mixed mainly or solely with cotton (607) | 12% |
| 5509.69.20 | Mixed mainly or solely with artificial staple fibers: single yarn (607) | 9% |
| 5509.69.40 | Multiple (folded) or cabled yarn (607) | 10% |
| 5509.69.60 | Other: other (607) | 13.2% |
| 5509.91.00 | Mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair (607) | 12% |
| 5509.92.00 | Mixed mainly or solely with cotton (607) | 7.5% |
| 5509.99.20 | Mixed mainly or solely with artificial staple fibers: single yarn (607) | 9% |
| 5509.99.40 | Multiple (folded) or cabled yarn (607) | 10.6% |
| 5509.99.60 | Other: other (607) | 13.2% |