5515.21.00

Analysis

HTS 5515.21.00 covers mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments under heading 5515 (other woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibers). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 5 ten-digit suffixes, reported in square metres and kilograms.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 25%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 5515.99.05 (containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair), at 25%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 25 percentage points.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 81% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 81% duty.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 7% of the 133 tariff lines in chapter 55. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.

The ten-digit suffixes separate poplin or broadcloth, sheeting, printcloth and satin weave or twill weave. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.