5909.00

Analysis

Subheading 5909.00 covers textile hosepiping and similar textile tubing, with or without lining, armor or accessories of other materials, within heading 5909. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 2 US tariff lines below it are national.

1 of its 2 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (50%) and 1 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 3.3%. The median line pays 1.65%.

The US splits it as follows: 5909.00.10 for of vegetable fibers (duty-free) and 5909.00.20 for textile hosepiping and similar textile tubing, with or without… (3.3%).

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Narrow Fabric Mills and Schiffli Machine Embroidery (313220). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

Goods only reach 5909.00 once they fall within heading 5909 (). Under General Rule 6, subheadings are then compared only with others at the same level, so a product is matched against its siblings, not against lines elsewhere in the chapter.