5704.90.01

Analysis

HTS 5704.90.01 covers carpets and other textile floor coverings, of felt, not tufted or flocked, whether or not made up: other 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.

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 4.7%. The costliest confusion would be with 5704.10.00 (tiles, having a maximum surface area of 0.3 m2) at 4.7%, a difference of 4.7 points on the customs value.

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: 5704.90.01.10 for of wool or fine animal hair (465) and 5704.90.01.90 for other (665). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 40% of the 50 tariff lines in chapter 57 that are also free. 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.