Analysis
HTS 6108.99.50 covers containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste under heading 6108 (women's or girls' slips, petticoats, briefs, panties, night dresses, pajamas, negligees…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from 3.8% to 8.5%. Compared with 6108.99.20 (of wool or fine animal hair (459)), which pays 8.5%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 7.9 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 0.6% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 61 (6th percentile of 227 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $60 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 60%, 100.0 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 6108.99.50.13 for underwear (752) and 6108.99.50.15 for other (750). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6108.99.20 | Of wool or fine animal hair (459) | 8.5% |
| 6108.99.90 | Of other textile materials: other (850) | 3.8% |