5603.94.10

Analysis

HTS 5603.94.10 covers floor covering underlays under heading 5603 (nonwovens, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in square metres and kilograms.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 40% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 40% duty.

For statistics it divides in two: 5603.94.10.10 for of wool or fine animal hair (469) and 5603.94.10.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 35% of the 51 tariff lines in chapter 56. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.

The other lines in the same group are 5603.94.30 (laminated fabrics (223), duty-free) and 5603.94.90 (other: other, duty-free).

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 313230 (Nonwoven Fabric Mills), an industry of 227 US establishments employing 16,687 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.