5704.10.00

Analysis

HTS 5704.10.00 covers tiles, having a maximum surface area of 0.3 m2 under heading 5704 (carpets and other textile floor coverings, of felt, not tufted or flocked, whether or not…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in square metres and kilograms.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to duty-free, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 5704.90.01 (carpets and other textile floor coverings, of felt, not tufted or…), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 4.7 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 4.7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 57 (68th percentile of 50 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $470 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, the Israel FTA, and 9 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 4.7%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 40%, 8.5 times the general rate.

For statistics it divides in two: 5704.10.00.10 for of wool or fine animal hair (465) and 5704.10.00.90 for other (665). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.