6112.20.10

Analysis

HTS 6112.20.10 covers of man-made fibers under heading 6112 (track suits, ski-suits and swimwear, knitted or crocheted). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 9 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.

Within this group the rate runs from 3.5% to 28.2%. Compared with 6112.19.40 (containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste), which pays 3.5%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 24.7 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 28.2%. 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 28.2% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 61 (93rd percentile of 227 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $2,820 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 72%, 2.6 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' and 2 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.