Analysis
HTS 5804.10.90 covers tulles and other net fabrics: other under heading 5804 (tulles and other net fabrics, not including woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics; lace in…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 5% to 13.2%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 5804.30.00 (tulles and other net fabrics, not including woven, knitted or…), at 13.2%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 13.2 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 90% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 90% duty.
For statistics it divides in two: 5804.10.90.10 for containing 85 percent or more by weight of silk or silk… and 5804.10.90.90 for other (899). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5804.10.10 | Of cotton or man-made fibers (229) | 6% |
| 5804.21.00 | Of man-made fibers (229) | 12% |
| 5804.29.10 | Of other textile materials: of cotton (229) | 8% |
| 5804.29.90 | Of other textile materials: other | 5% |
| 5804.30.00 | Tulles and other net fabrics, not including woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics; lace in the piece, in strips or in motifs, other than fabrics of headings 6002 to 6006: hand-made lace | 13.2% |