6203.42.03

Analysis

HTS 6203.42.03 covers 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… under heading 6203 (men's or boys' suits, ensembles, suit-type jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace…).

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 16.6%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6203.42.45 (other: other), at 16.6%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 16.6 percentage points.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 60% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 60% duty.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 6% of the 352 tariff lines in chapter 62. 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 is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.