5512.11.00

Analysis

HTS 5512.11.00 covers unbleached or bleached under heading 5512 (woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibers, containing 85 percent or more by weight of…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 9 ten-digit suffixes, reported in square metres and kilograms.

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.

Within this group the rate runs from 12% to 14.9%. Compared with 5512.91.00 (unbleached or bleached), which pays 14.9%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.9 percentage points.

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

The general duty rate is 12% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 55 (58th percentile of 133 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 ten-digit suffixes separate poplin or broadcloth, of a width exceeding 254 cm, printcloth, cheesecloth; lawns, voiles or batistes, duck and satin weave or twill weave and 1 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.