Analysis
HTS 6116.99.20 covers ice hockey gloves and field hockey gloves under heading 6116 (gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 18.8%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6116.99.54 (with fourchettes (631)), at 18.8%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 18.8 percentage points.
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.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 5% of the 227 tariff lines in chapter 61. 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. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6116.99.35 | Of artificial 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% |
| 6116.99.48 | Without fourchettes (631) | 18.8% |
| 6116.99.54 | With fourchettes (631) | 18.8% |
| 6116.99.75 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste | Free |
| 6116.99.95 | Of other textile materials: other | 3.8% |