HTS tariff line · chapter 59
5908.00.00
Textile wicks, woven, plaited or knitted, for lamps, stoves, lighters, candles or the like; incandescent gas mantles and tubular knitted gas mantle fabric therefor, whether or not impregnated
Analysis
HTS 5908.00.00 covers textile wicks, woven, plaited or knitted, for lamps, stoves, lighters, candles or the like; incandescent gas mantles and tubular knitted gas mantle fabric… under heading 5908 (textile wicks, woven, plaited or knitted, for lamps, stoves, lighters, candles or the…).
The general duty rate is 3.4% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 59 (64th percentile of 59 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $340 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 78.5%, 23.1 times the general rate.
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 3.4%. 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.
It is the only US line under subheading 5908.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 5908.00 points straight here.