5911.20.10

Analysis

HTS 5911.20.10 covers fabrics principally used for stenciling purposes in screen-process printing under heading 5911 (textile products and articles, for technical uses, specified in note 8 to this chapter).

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to duty-free. The costliest confusion would be with 5911.20.30 (other: other (229)) at duty-free, a difference of 3.3 points on the customs value.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 62%, 18.8 times the general rate.

The general duty rate is 3.3% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 59 (60th percentile of 59 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $330 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 3.3%. 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.