6116.10.75

Analysis

HTS 6116.10.75 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.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 23.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6116.10.05 (ice hockey gloves and field hockey gloves), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 13.2 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 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.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 1.9 times the general rate.