Analysis
Heading 6106 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers women's or girls' blouses and shirts, knitted or crocheted. It divides into 3 six-digit subheadings and 7 eight-digit tariff lines, with 19 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
The spread of 31.1 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here. The highest rate, 32%, applies to 6106.20.20 (of man-made fibers: other).
None of its 7 lines is duty-free at the general rate. Rates run from 0.9% to 32% with a median of 13.6%, so the line you choose sets the duty.
The largest subheadings are 6106.90 (of other textile materials, 4 lines), 6106.20 (of man-made fibers, 2 lines) and 6106.10 (unnamed, 1 line).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing (3152). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Its median rate of 13.6% sits at the 56th percentile of the headings in chapter 61.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6106.10.00 | Women's or girls' blouses and shirts, knitted or crocheted: of cotton | 19.7% |
| 6106.20.10 | Containing 23 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 14.9% |
| 6106.20.20 | Of man-made fibers: other | 32% |
| 6106.90.10 | Of wool or fine animal hair | 13.6% |
| 6106.90.15 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste (739) | 0.9% |
| 6106.90.25 | Of silk or silk waste: other | 5.6% |
| 6106.90.30 | Of other textile materials: other | 4.7% |