Analysis
HTS 6106.90.10 covers of wool or fine animal hair under heading 6106 (women's or girls' blouses and shirts, knitted or crocheted). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 0.9% to 5.6%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6106.90.15 (containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste (739)), at 0.9%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 12.7 percentage points.
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 13.6%. 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 54.5%, 4.0 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 6106.90.10.10 for women's (438) and 6106.90.10.20 for girls' (438). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The general duty rate is 13.6% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 61 (56th percentile of 227 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,360 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |