6103.39.80

Analysis

HTS 6103.39.80 covers of other textile materials: other under heading 6103 (men's or boys' suits, ensembles, suit-type jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from 0.9% to 14.9%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6103.39.10 (of artificial fibers (633)), at 14.9%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 9.3 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 5.6% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 61 (28th percentile of 227 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $560 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 5.6%. 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 60%, 10.7 times the general rate.