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HTS tariff line · chapter 62

6201.90.19

Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste (734)

Analysis

HTS 6201.90.19 covers containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste (734) under heading 6201 (men's or boys' overcoats, carcoats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski jackets)…).

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 4.2%. Compared with 6201.90.69 (other: other), which pays 4.2%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.2 percentage points.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.

The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 6% of the 352 tariff lines in chapter 62, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. 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 3152 (Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing), an industry of 3,430 US establishments employing 47,582 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.

Neighbouring lines

LineDescriptionGeneral rate
6201.90.29Overcoats, carcoats, capes, cloaks and similar coats: other2.8%
6201.90.39Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste (735)Free
6201.90.49Recreational performance outerwear: other4.2%
6201.90.59Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste (735)Free
6201.90.69Other: other4.2%