HTS tariff line · chapter 56
5606.00.00
Gimped yarn, and strip and the like of heading 5404 or 5405, gimped (other than those of heading 5605 and gimped horsehair yarn); chenille yarn (including flock chenille yarn); loop wale-yarn
Analysis
HTS 5606.00.00 covers gimped yarn, and strip and the like of heading 5404 or 5405, gimped (other than those of heading 5605 and gimped horsehair yarn); chenille yarn (including… under heading 5606 (gimped yarn, and strip and the like of heading 5404 or 5405, gimped (other than those of…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, the Caribbean Basin Initiative, and 10 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 8%. 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 8% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 56 (83rd percentile of 51 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $800 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 80%, 10.0 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 5606.00.00.10 for containing elastomeric filaments (201) and 5606.00.00.90 for other (201). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
It is the only US line under subheading 5606.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 5606.00 points straight here.