Analysis
HTS 6112.31.00 covers of synthetic fibers under heading 6112 (track suits, ski-suits and swimwear, knitted or crocheted). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from 3.5% to 28.2%. The costliest confusion would be with 6112.19.40 (containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste) at 3.5%, a difference of 22.4 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 25.9%. 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 25.9% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 61 (90th percentile of 227 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $2,590 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 90%, 3.5 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 6112.31.00.10 for men's (659) and 6112.31.00.20 for boys' (659). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6112.11.00 | Track suits: of cotton | 14.9% |
| 6112.12.00 | Of synthetic fibers | 28.2% |
| 6112.19.10 | Of artificial fibers | 28.2% |
| 6112.19.40 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste | 3.5% |
| 6112.19.80 | Of other textile materials: other | 21.6% |
| 6112.20.10 | Of man-made fibers | 28.2% |
| 6112.20.20 | Ski-suits: other | 8.3% |
| 6112.39.00 | Of other textile materials | 13.2% |
| 6112.41.00 | Of synthetic fibers | 24.9% |
| 6112.49.00 | Of other textile materials | 13.2% |