Analysis
HTS 6201.90.29 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 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.
The general duty rate is 2.8% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 62 (16th percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $280 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 4.2%. Compared with 6201.90.59 (containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste (735)), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.8 percentage points.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 12.5 times the general rate.
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 2.8%. 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.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6201.90.19 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste (734) | Free |
| 6201.90.39 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste (735) | Free |
| 6201.90.49 | Recreational performance outerwear: other | 4.2% |
| 6201.90.59 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste (735) | Free |
| 6201.90.69 | Other: other | 4.2% |