Analysis
HTS 6201.30.20 covers overcoats, carcoats, capes, cloaks and similar coats: other under heading 6201 (men's or boys' overcoats, carcoats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski jackets)…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 6 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from 4.4% to 9.4%. Compared with 6201.30.60 (containing 15 percent or more by weight of down and waterfowl plumage…), which pays 4.4%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 5 percentage points.
Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, the Israel FTA, and 9 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 9.4%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 90%, 9.6 times the general rate.
The general duty rate is 9.4% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 62 (60th percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $940 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The ten-digit suffixes separate men's, boys', men's, boys', men's and boys'. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6201.30.12 | Containing 15 percent or more by weight of down and waterfowl plumage and of which down comprises 35 percent or more by weight; containing 10 percent or more by weight of down (353) | 4.4% |
| 6201.30.30 | Containing 15 percent or more by weight of down and waterfowl plumage and of which down comprises 35 percent or more by weight; containing 10 percent or more by weight of down (353) | 4.4% |
| 6201.30.40 | Water resistant (334) | 6.2% |
| 6201.30.50 | Other: other | 9.4% |
| 6201.30.60 | Containing 15 percent or more by weight of down and waterfowl plumage and of which down comprises 35 percent or more by weight; containing 10 percent or more by weight of down (353) | 4.4% |
| 6201.30.70 | Water resistant (334) | 6.2% |
| 6201.30.80 | Other: other | 9.4% |