6112.19.80

Analysis

HTS 6112.19.80 covers of other textile materials: other under heading 6112 (track suits, ski-suits and swimwear, knitted or crocheted). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 6 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from 3.5% to 28.2%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6112.19.40 (containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste), at 3.5%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 18.1 percentage points.

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 21.6%. 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 general duty rate is 21.6% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 61 (87th percentile of 227 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $2,160 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 90%, 4.2 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.