Analysis
HTS 6115.96.60 covers containing lace or net under heading 6115 (panty hose, tights, stockings, socks and other hosiery, including graduated compression…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in doz. prs. and kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 18.8%. Compared with 6115.10.05 (surgical panty hose and surgical stockings with graduated compression…), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 18.8 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 18.8%. 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 18.8% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 61 (85th percentile of 227 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,880 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 90%, 4.8 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 6115.96.60.10 for containing 23 percent or more by weight of wool or fine… and 6115.96.60.20 for other (632). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6115.10.05 | Surgical panty hose and surgical stockings with graduated compression for orthopedic treatment | Free |
| 6115.10.10 | Of synthetic fibers (659) | 14.9% |
| 6115.10.15 | Of other textile materials | 16% |
| 6115.10.30 | Other graduated compression hosiery: of cotton (332) | 13.5% |
| 6115.10.40 | Of synthetic fibers (632) | 14.6% |
| 6115.10.55 | Of artificial fibers (632) | 14.6% |
| 6115.10.60 | Of other textile materials (832) | 9.9% |
| 6115.21.00 | Of synthetic fibers, measuring per single yarn less than 67 decitex | 16% |
| 6115.22.00 | Of synthetic fibers, measuring per single yarn 67 decitex or more (659) | 14.9% |
| 6115.29.40 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste | 2.6% |
| 6115.29.80 | Of other textile materials: other | 16% |
| 6115.30.10 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste | 2.7% |
| 6115.30.90 | Other women's full-length or knee-length hosiery, measuring per single yarn less than 67 decitex: other | 14.6% |
| 6115.94.00 | Of wool or fine animal hair (432) | 11.3% |
| 6115.95.60 | Containing lace or net (332) | 10% |
| 6115.95.90 | Of cotton: other (332) | 13.5% |
| 6115.96.90 | Of synthetic fibers: other | 14.6% |
| 6115.99.14 | Containing lace or net | 18.8% |
| 6115.99.19 | Of artificial fibers: other | 14.6% |
| 6115.99.40 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste | 1.6% |
| 6115.99.90 | Of other textile materials: other (832) | 9.9% |