Analysis
HTS 6116.99.75 covers containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste under heading 6116 (gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 18.8%. The costliest confusion would be with 6116.99.54 (with fourchettes (631)) at 18.8%, a difference of 18.8 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 40% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 40% 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 315990 (Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing), an industry of 729 US establishments employing 7,925 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6116.99.20 | Ice hockey gloves and field hockey gloves | Free |
| 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% |
| 6116.99.95 | Of other textile materials: other | 3.8% |