5603.11.00

Analysis

HTS 5603.11.00 covers weighing not more than 25 g/m2 under heading 5603 (nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 74% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 74% duty.

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 35% of the 51 tariff lines in chapter 56 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 313230 (Nonwoven Fabric Mills), an industry of 227 US establishments employing 16,687 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.

The ten-digit suffixes separate impregnated, coated or covered with… and nonwoven articles, ready for use and…. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.