5801.27.50

Analysis

HTS 5801.27.50 covers warp pile fabrics: cut (224) under heading 5801 (woven pile fabrics and chenille fabrics, other than fabrics of heading 5802 or 5806). 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 20.2%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 5801.26.00 (of cotton: chenille fabrics), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 18.5 percentage points.

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 18.5%. 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 general duty rate is 18.5% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 58 (96th percentile of 67 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,850 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 70%, 3.8 times the general rate.

For statistics it divides in two: 5801.27.50.10 for over 271 grams per square meter (224) and 5801.27.50.20 for other (224). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.