Analysis
HTS 6116.10.95 covers with fourchettes: other under heading 6116 (gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 23.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6116.10.17 (of vegetable fibers: other), at 23.5%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 16.5 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 7%. 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 7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 61 (34th percentile of 227 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $700 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 3.6 times the general rate.
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% |
| 6116.10.17 | Of vegetable fibers: other | 23.5% |
| 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% |