Analysis
HTS 6102.90.90 covers of other textile materials: other under heading 6102 (women's or girls' overcoats, carcoats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski-jackets)…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from 0.9% to 28.2%. Compared with 6102.30.20 (other: other), which pays 28.2%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 22.5 percentage points.
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 5.7%. 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 general duty rate is 5.7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 61 (32nd percentile of 227 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $570 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 7.9 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6102.10.00 | Of wool or fine animal hair (435) | 55.9¢/kg + 16.4% |
| 6102.20.00 | Women's or girls' overcoats, carcoats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski-jackets), windbreakers and similar articles, knitted or crocheted, other than those of heading 6104: of cotton | 15.9% |
| 6102.30.05 | Containing 25 percent or more by weight of leather (635) | 5.3% |
| 6102.30.10 | Containing 23 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair (435) | 64.4¢/kg + 18.8% |
| 6102.30.20 | Other: other | 28.2% |
| 6102.90.10 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste (735) | 0.9% |