Analysis
HTS 6116.93.05 covers ice hockey gloves and field hockey gloves under heading 6116 (gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 2.8% to 18.6%. The costliest confusion would be with 6116.93.94 (with fourchettes (631)) at 18.6%, a difference of 18.6 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 45% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 45% duty.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 5% of the 227 tariff lines in chapter 61 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 339920 (Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing), an industry of 1,662 US establishments employing 39,073 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6116.93.08 | Of synthetic fibers: other gloves, mittens and mitts, all the fore going specially designed for use in sports, including ski and snowmobile gloves, mittens and mitts | 2.8% |
| 6116.93.64 | Without fourchettes (431) | 31¢/kg + 6.9% |
| 6116.93.74 | With fourchettes (431) | 31¢/kg + 6.9% |
| 6116.93.88 | Without fourchettes (631) | 18.6% |
| 6116.93.94 | With fourchettes (631) | 18.6% |