5512.91.00

Analysis

HTS 5512.91.00 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 8 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 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 55 (84th percentile of 133 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.

Rates on the nearby lines range from 12% to 13.6%. The costliest confusion would be with 5512.99.00 (other: other) at 12%, a difference of 2.9 points on the customs value.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 81%, 5.4 times the general rate.

The ten-digit suffixes separate poplin or broadcloth, sheeting, 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.