Analysis
HTS 5602.10.90 covers needleloom felt and stitchbonded fiber fabrics: other under heading 5602 (felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 12%. The costliest confusion would be with 5602.90.30 (laminated fabrics (223)) at duty-free, a difference of 10.6 points on the customs value.
Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 10 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 10.6%. 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 10.6% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 56 (91st percentile of 51 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,060 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 74%, 7.0 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 5602.10.90.10 for of wool or fine animal hair (414) and 5602.10.90.90 for other (223). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5602.10.10 | Laminated fabrics (223) | 12% |
| 5602.21.00 | Of wool or fine animal hair (414) | 49.5¢/kg + 7.5% |
| 5602.29.00 | Of other textile materials (223) | 6.3% |
| 5602.90.30 | Laminated fabrics (223) | Free |
| 5602.90.60 | Of man-made fibers (223) | 6.3% |
| 5602.90.90 | Other: other (414) | 52.9¢/kg + 8% |