Analysis
HTS 5516.43.00 covers of yarns of different colors under heading 5516 (woven fabrics of artificial 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 8.5% to 25%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 5516.33.05 (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 blue denim, other denim, jacquard weave and of a width exceeding 127 cm. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5516.11.00 | Unbleached or bleached | 14.9% |
| 5516.12.00 | Containing 85 percent or more by weight of artificial staple fibers: dyed | 14.9% |
| 5516.13.00 | Of yarns of different colors (611) | 14.9% |
| 5516.14.00 | Containing 85 percent or more by weight of artificial staple fibers: printed | 10% |
| 5516.21.00 | Unbleached or bleached | 14.9% |
| 5516.22.00 | Containing less than 85 percent by weight of artificial staple fibers, mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments: dyed | 14.9% |
| 5516.23.00 | Of yarns of different colors | 8.5% |
| 5516.24.00 | Containing less than 85 percent by weight of artificial staple fibers, mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments: printed | 14.9% |
| 5516.31.05 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 19.8% |
| 5516.31.10 | Unbleached or bleached: other (624) | 12% |
| 5516.32.05 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 25% |
| 5516.32.10 | Dyed: other (624) | 12% |
| 5516.33.05 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 25% |
| 5516.33.10 | Of yarns of different colors: other (624) | 12% |
| 5516.34.05 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 19.7% |
| 5516.34.10 | Printed: other (624) | 12% |
| 5516.41.00 | Unbleached or bleached | 14.9% |
| 5516.42.00 | Containing less than 85 percent by weight of artificial staple fibers, mixed mainly or solely with cotton: dyed | 12% |
| 5516.44.00 | Containing less than 85 percent by weight of artificial staple fibers, mixed mainly or solely with cotton: printed | 8.5% |
| 5516.91.00 | Unbleached or bleached | 12% |
| 5516.92.00 | Other: dyed | 12% |
| 5516.93.00 | Of yarns of different colors | 8.5% |
| 5516.94.00 | Other: printed | 12% |