5808.90.00

Analysis

HTS 5808.90.00 covers braids in the piece; ornamental trimmings in the piece, without embroidery, other than knitted or crocheted; tassels, pompons and similar articles: other under heading 5808 (braids in the piece; ornamental trimmings in the piece, without embroidery, other than…). 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 7.4%. Compared with 5808.10.50 (of other textile materials), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 3.9 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 3.9% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 58 (34th percentile of 67 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $390 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

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 3.9%. 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%, 23.1 times the general rate.

For statistics it divides in two: 5808.90.00.10 for of cotton; of man-made fibers (229) and 5808.90.00.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.