Analysis
HTS 6104.19.15 covers of artificial fibers: other (644) under heading 6104 (women's or girls' suits, ensembles, suit-type jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 0.9% to 13.6%. The costliest confusion would be with 6104.19.50 (of wool or fine animal hair (444)) at 13.6%, a difference of 13.6 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 72% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 72% duty.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 5% of the 227 tariff lines in chapter 61 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 3152 (Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing), an industry of 3,430 US establishments employing 47,582 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6104.19.10 | Containing 23 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair (444) | 8.5% |
| 6104.19.40 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste (744) | 0.9% |
| 6104.19.50 | Of wool or fine animal hair (444) | 13.6% |
| 6104.19.60 | Of other textile materials: of cotton | 9.4% |
| 6104.19.80 | Of other textile materials: other | 5.6% |