Analysis
HTS 6112.49.00 covers of other textile materials under heading 6112 (track suits, ski-suits and swimwear, knitted or crocheted). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 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 6112.20.10 (of man-made fibers), at 28.2%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 15 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 13.2%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 90%, 6.8 times the general rate.
The general duty rate is 13.2% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 61 (51st percentile of 227 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,320 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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% |
| 6112.31.00 | Of synthetic fibers | 25.9% |
| 6112.39.00 | Of other textile materials | 13.2% |
| 6112.41.00 | Of synthetic fibers | 24.9% |