6203.39.10

Analysis

HTS 6203.39.10 covers containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair under heading 6203 (men's or boys' suits, ensembles, suit-type jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items and kilograms.

Rates on the nearby lines range from 1% to 27.3%. The costliest confusion would be with 6203.39.50 (containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste (733)) at 1%, a difference of 21 points on the customs value.

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 22%. 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 22% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 62 (91st percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $2,200 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 59.5%, 2.7 times the general rate.

For statistics it divides in two: 6203.39.10.10 for for suits described in Note 3(a) (443) and 6203.39.10.20 for other (433). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.