6103.43.10

Analysis

HTS 6103.43.10 covers containing 23 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair 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 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.

The general rate is 58.5¢/kg + 15.2%, a specific or compound duty rather than a simple percentage, so the effective burden depends on the unit value of the goods: cheap goods pay proportionally more than expensive ones. Importers usually convert it to an ad valorem equivalent to compare it with other lines.

Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, the Israel FTA, and 9 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 58.5¢/kg + 15.2%. 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.

For statistics it divides in two: 6103.43.10.10 for trousers and breeches (447) and 6103.43.10.20 for shorts (447). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.