5703

Analysis

Heading 5703 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers carpets and other textile floor coverings (including turf), tufted, whether or not made up. It divides into 6 six-digit subheadings and 9 eight-digit tariff lines, with 14 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

None of its 9 lines is duty-free at the general rate. Rates run from 3.8% to 6.7% with a median of 6%, so the line you choose sets the duty.

Its median rate of 6% sits at the 77th percentile of the headings in chapter 57.

The largest subheadings are 5703.10 (of wool or fine animal hair, 2 lines), 5703.29 (other, 2 lines), 5703.39 (other, 2 lines) and 5703.21 (unnamed, 1 line).

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.

The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.