Analysis
HTS 6203.42.05 covers bib and brace overalls 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 5 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 16.6%. Compared with 6203.42.17 (containing 15 percent or more by weight of down and waterfowl plumage…), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 10.3 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 10.3%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 90%, 8.7 times the general rate.
The general duty rate is 10.3% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 62 (61st percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,030 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6203.42.03 | 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 | Free |
| 6203.42.07 | Other: other | 16.6% |
| 6203.42.17 | 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 | Free |
| 6203.42.25 | Bib and brace overalls | 10.3% |
| 6203.42.45 | Other: other | 16.6% |