6110.30.20

Analysis

HTS 6110.30.20 covers containing 30 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste under heading 6110 (sweaters, pullovers, sweatshirts, waistcoats (vests) and similar articles, knitted or…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 8 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from 6% to 32%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6110.30.30 (other: other), at 32%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 25.7 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 6.3%. 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 6.3% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 61 (33rd percentile of 227 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $630 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 90%, 14.3 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', knit to shape articles described in… and knit to shape articles described in…. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.