HTS heading · chapter 59
5901
Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer covers of books or the like; tracing cloth; prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar stiffened textile fabrics of a kind used for hat foundations
Analysis
Heading 5901 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer covers of books or the like; tracing cloth; prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar stiffened textile fabrics of a kind used…. It divides into 2 six-digit subheadings and 4 eight-digit tariff lines, with 4 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
None of its 4 lines is duty-free at the general rate. Rates run from 4.1% to 7% with a median of 5.55%, so the line you choose sets the duty.
Its median rate of 5.55% sits at the 76th percentile of the headings in chapter 59.
The largest subheadings are 5901.10 (textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous…, 2 lines) and 5901.90 (other, 2 lines).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Fabric Coating Mills (313320). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5901.10.10 | Of man-made fibers (229) | 7% |
| 5901.10.20 | Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous sub- stances, of a kind used for the outer covers of books or the like: other (229) | 4.1% |
| 5901.90.20 | Of man-made fibers (229) | 7% |
| 5901.90.40 | Other: other (229) | 4.1% |