5516.33.05

Analysis

HTS 5516.33.05 covers containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair under heading 5516 (woven fabrics of artificial staple fibers). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in square metres and kilograms.

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 25%. The costliest confusion would be with 5516.43.00 (of yarns of different colors) at duty-free, a difference of 25 points on the customs value.

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 25%. 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 25% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 55 (99th percentile of 133 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $2,500 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

For statistics it divides in two: 5516.33.05.10 for not combed (410) and 5516.33.05.20 for combed (410). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.