Analysis
HTS 6201.40.35 covers padded sleeveless jackets under heading 6201 (men's or boys' overcoats, carcoats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski jackets)…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from 4.4% to 27.7%. Compared with 6201.40.75 (other: other), which pays 27.7%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 12.8 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 14.9%. 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 general duty rate is 14.9% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 62 (77th percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,490 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 76%, 5.1 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 6201.40.35.10 for with attachments for sleeves (634) and 6201.40.35.20 for other (659). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6201.40.10 | 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 (653) | 4.4% |
| 6201.40.15 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 49.7¢/kg + 19.7% |
| 6201.40.20 | Other: other | 27.7% |
| 6201.40.25 | 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 (653) | 4.4% |
| 6201.40.40 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 49.5¢/kg + 19.6% |
| 6201.40.45 | Water resistant (634) | 7.1% |
| 6201.40.50 | Other: other | 27.7% |
| 6201.40.55 | 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 (653) | 4.4% |
| 6201.40.60 | Padded, sleeveless jackets | 14.9% |
| 6201.40.65 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 49.5¢/kg + 19.6% |
| 6201.40.70 | Water resistant (634) | 7.1% |
| 6201.40.75 | Other: other | 27.7% |