6114.30.30

Analysis

HTS 6114.30.30 covers of man-made fibers: other under heading 6114 (other garments, knitted or crocheted). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 10 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.

Within this group the rate runs from 28.2% to 32%. Compared with 6114.30.20 (bodysuits and bodyshirts), which pays 32%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 17.1 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 14.9%. 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 14.9% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 61 (67th percentile of 227 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,490 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 90%, 6.0 times the general rate.

The ten-digit suffixes separate containing 23 percent or more by weight…, boys', women's or girls', containing 23 percent or more by weight…, containing 23 percent or more by weight… and men's or boys' and 1 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.