6110.30.15

Analysis

HTS 6110.30.15 covers containing 23 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair under heading 6110 (sweaters, pullovers, sweatshirts, waistcoats (vests) and similar articles, knitted or…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 6 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.

Rates on the nearby lines range from 6% to 32%. The costliest confusion would be with 6110.30.30 (other: other) at 32%, a difference of 15 points on the customs value.

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 17%. 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 general duty rate is 17% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 61 (82nd percentile of 227 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,700 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 54.5%, 3.2 times the general rate.

The ten-digit suffixes separate men's or boys', women's or girls', men's or boys', women's or girls', men's or boys' and women's or girls'. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.