5516.24.00

Analysis

HTS 5516.24.00 covers containing less than 85 percent by weight of artificial staple fibers, mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments: printed under heading 5516 (woven fabrics of artificial staple fibers). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 6 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 5516.43.00 (of yarns of different colors), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 14.9 percentage points.

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.

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, satin weave or twill weave and discharge printed. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.