Analysis
HTS 5803.00.90 covers of other textile materials: other under heading 5803 (gauze, other than narrow fabrics of heading 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 16.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 5803.00.30 (of wool or fine animal hair: other (414)), at 16.5%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 16.5 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 60% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 60% duty.
For statistics it divides in two: 5803.00.90.10 for containing 85 percent or more by weight of silk or silk… and 5803.00.90.90 for other (810). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 24% of the 67 tariff lines in chapter 58. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5803.00.10 | Gauze, other than narrow fabrics of heading 5806: of cotton (220) | Free |
| 5803.00.20 | Tapestry fabrics and upholstery fabrics of a weight not exceeding 140 g/m² (414) | 7% |
| 5803.00.30 | Of wool or fine animal hair: other (414) | 16.5% |
| 5803.00.40 | Of vegetable fibers, except cotton (810) | Free |
| 5803.00.50 | Of man-made fibers (220) | Free |