5704.20.00

Analysis

HTS 5704.20.00 covers tiles, having a maximum surface area exceeding 0.3m2 but not exceeding 1m2 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.

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 4.7%. Compared with 5704.10.00 (tiles, having a maximum surface area of 0.3 m2), which pays 4.7%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.7 percentage points.

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: 5704.20.00.10 for of wool or fine animal hair (465) and 5704.20.00.90 for other (665). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 40% of the 50 tariff lines in chapter 57, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.