Analysis
HTS 6116.10.17 covers of vegetable fibers: other under heading 6116 (gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in doz. prs. and kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 18.6%. Compared with 6116.10.05 (ice hockey gloves and field hockey gloves), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 23.5 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 23.5%. 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. Reduced but not zero rates apply under some agreements: 22.5% for E.
The general duty rate is 23.5% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 61 (88th percentile of 227 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $2,350 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 61%, 2.6 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6116.10.05 | Ice hockey gloves and field hockey gloves | Free |
| 6116.10.08 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics or rubber: other gloves, mittens and mitts, all the foregoing specially designed for use in sports, including ski and snowmobile gloves, mittens and mitts | 2.8% |
| 6116.10.13 | Containing over 50 percent by weight of plastics or rubber | 12.5% |
| 6116.10.44 | Containing over 50 percent by weight of plastics or rubber | 9.9% |
| 6116.10.48 | Other: other | 18.6% |
| 6116.10.55 | Containing 50 percent or more by weight of cotton, man-made fibers or other textile fibers, or any combination thereof | 13.2% |
| 6116.10.65 | Other: other | 7% |
| 6116.10.75 | Containing 50 percent or more by weight of cotton, man-made fibers or other textile fibers, or any combination thereof | 13.2% |
| 6116.10.95 | With fourchettes: other | 7% |