Analysis
HTS 6202.40.75 covers other: other under heading 6202 (women's or girls' 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.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 4.4% to 27.7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6202.40.55 (containing 15 percent or more by weight of down and waterfowl plumage…), at 4.4%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 23.3 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 27.7%. 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 27.7% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 62 (95th percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $2,770 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 90%, 3.2 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 6202.40.75.11 for women's (635) and 6202.40.75.21 for girls' (635). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6202.40.10 | 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 (654) | 4.4% |
| 6202.40.15 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 43.5¢/kg + 19.7% |
| 6202.40.20 | Other: other | 27.7% |
| 6202.40.25 | 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 (654) | 4.4% |
| 6202.40.35 | Padded, sleeveless jackets | 14.9% |
| 6202.40.40 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 43.4¢/kg + 19.7% |
| 6202.40.45 | Water resistant (635) | 7.1% |
| 6202.40.50 | Other: other | 27.7% |
| 6202.40.55 | 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 (654) | 4.4% |
| 6202.40.60 | Padded, sleeveless jackets | 14.9% |
| 6202.40.65 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 43.4¢/kg + 19.7% |
| 6202.40.70 | Water resistant (635) | 7.1% |