Analysis
HTS 5909.00.10 covers of vegetable fibers under heading 5909 (textile hosepiping and similar textile tubing, with or without lining, armor or…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 3.3% to 3.3%. The costliest confusion would be with 5909.00.20 (textile hosepiping and similar textile tubing, with or without…) at 3.3%, a difference of 3.3 points on the customs value.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 37% of the 59 tariff lines in chapter 59 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
The other line in the same group is 5909.00.20 (textile hosepiping and similar textile tubing, with or…, 3.3%).
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 21.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 21.5% duty.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 313220 (Narrow Fabric Mills and Schiffli Machine Embroidery), an industry of 173 US establishments employing 4,926 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5909.00.20 | Textile hosepiping and similar textile tubing, with or without lining, armor or accessories of other materials: other | 3.3% |