Analysis
HTS 5804.29.90 covers of other textile materials: 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.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 13.2%. Compared with 5804.30.00 (tulles and other net fabrics, not including woven, knitted or…), which pays 13.2%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 8.2 percentage points.
Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, the Caribbean Basin Initiative, and 10 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 90%, 18.0 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 5804.29.90.10 for containing 85 percent or more by weight of silk or silk… and 5804.29.90.90 for other (899). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The general duty rate is 5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 58 (41st percentile of 67 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $500 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5804.10.10 | Of cotton or man-made fibers (229) | 6% |
| 5804.10.90 | Tulles and other net fabrics: other | Free |
| 5804.21.00 | Of man-made fibers (229) | 12% |
| 5804.29.10 | Of other textile materials: of cotton (229) | 8% |
| 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% |