Analysis
HTS 6106.90.25 covers of silk or silk waste: other under heading 6106 (women's or girls' blouses and shirts, knitted or crocheted). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from 0.9% to 13.6%. Compared with 6106.90.10 (of wool or fine animal hair), which pays 13.6%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 8 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.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 6106.90.30 | Of other textile materials: other | 4.7% |