Analysis
HTS 5801.10.00 covers of wool or fine animal hair (414) under heading 5801 (woven pile fabrics and chenille fabrics, other than fabrics of heading 5802 or 5806).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 20.2%. The costliest confusion would be with 5801.22.90 (cut corduroy: other (224)) at 20.2%, a difference of 20.2 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 61.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 61.5% duty.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 24% of the 67 tariff lines in chapter 58 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 313210 (Broadwoven Fabric Mills), an industry of 234 US establishments employing 13,276 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5801.21.00 | Uncut weft pile fabrics (224) | 20.2% |
| 5801.22.10 | Greater than 7.5 wales per cm (224) | 10% |
| 5801.22.90 | Cut corduroy: other (224) | 20.2% |
| 5801.23.00 | Of cotton: other weft pile fabrics (224) | 10% |
| 5801.26.00 | Of cotton: chenille fabrics | Free |
| 5801.27.10 | Epinglé (uncut) (224) | 10.5% |
| 5801.27.50 | Warp pile fabrics: cut (224) | 18.5% |
| 5801.31.00 | Uncut weft pile fabrics (224) | 17.2% |
| 5801.32.00 | Cut corduroy (224) | 14% |
| 5801.33.00 | Of man-made fibers: other weft pile fabrics (224) | 9.8% |
| 5801.36.00 | Of man-made fibers: chenille fabrics | 9.8% |
| 5801.37.10 | Epinglé (uncut) (224) | 14% |
| 5801.37.50 | Warp pile fabrics: cut | 17.2% |
| 5801.90.10 | Of vegetable fibers, except cotton (810) | 3.7% |
| 5801.90.20 | Of other textile materials: other | 2.7% |