6117.80.30

Analysis

HTS 6117.80.30 covers containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste: other under heading 6117 (other made up clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted; knitted or crocheted parts of…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from 1.2% to 14.6%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6117.80.95 (other: other), at 14.6%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 12.3 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 2.3% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 61 (16th percentile of 227 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $230 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 90%, 39.1 times the general rate.

For statistics it divides in two: 6117.80.30.10 for headbands, ponytail holders and similar articles and 6117.80.30.90 for other (759). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

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 2.3%. 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.