6116.10.55

Analysis

HTS 6116.10.55 covers containing 50 percent or more by weight of cotton, man-made fibers or other textile fibers, or any combination thereof 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 23.5%. Compared with 6116.10.05 (ice hockey gloves and field hockey gloves), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 13.2 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 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. Reduced but not zero rates apply under some agreements: 10.7% for E.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 75%, 5.7 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.