6203.42.45

Analysis

HTS 6203.42.45 covers other: other 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 14 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 16.6 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 16.6%. 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 16.6% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 62 (85th percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,660 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The ten-digit suffixes separate containing compact yarns described in…, corduroy, blue denim, designed for use in hospitals, clinics…, imported as parts of playsuits and imported as parts of playsuits and 3 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 90%, 5.4 times the general rate.