HTS tariff line · chapter 59
5911.40.01
Filtering or straining cloth of a kind used in oil presses or the like, including that of human hair
Analysis
HTS 5911.40.01 covers filtering or straining cloth of a kind used in oil presses or the like, including that of human hair 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 3.8%. The costliest confusion would be with 5911.20.30 (other: other (229)) at duty-free, a difference of 8 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 8% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 59 (94th percentile of 59 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $800 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 8%. 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.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 81%, 10.1 times the general rate.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5911.10.10 | Printers' rubberized blankets | 2.9% |
| 5911.10.20 | Textile fabrics, felt and felt-lined woven fabrics, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, leather or other material, of a kind used for card clothing, and similar fabrics of a kind used for other technical purposes, including narrow fabrics made of velvet impregnated with rubber, for covering weaving spindles (weaving beams): other | 3.8% |
| 5911.20.10 | Fabrics principally used for stenciling purposes in screen-process printing | 3.3% |
| 5911.20.20 | Other: of silk | Free |
| 5911.20.30 | Other: other (229) | Free |
| 5911.31.00 | Weighing less than 650 g/m2 | 3.8% |
| 5911.32.00 | Weighing 650 g/m2 or more | 3.8% |
| 5911.90.00 | Textile products and articles, for technical uses, specified in note 8 to this chapter: other | 3.8% |