5702.10

Analysis

Subheading 5702.10 covers "Kelem", "Schumacks", "Karamanie" and similar hand woven rugs, within heading 5702. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 2 US tariff lines below it are national.

Every one of its 2 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the subheading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.

The US splits it as follows: 5702.10.10 for certified hand-loomed and folklore products (duty-free) and 5702.10.90 for "Kelem", "Schumacks", "Karamanie" and similar hand woven rugs: other (duty-free).

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Carpet and Rug Mills (314110). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

Goods only reach 5702.10 once they fall within heading 5702 (carpets and other textile floor coverings, woven, not tufted or flocked, whether or not…). Under General Rule 6, subheadings are then compared only with others at the same level, so a product is matched against its siblings, not against lines elsewhere in the chapter.