6203.43.90

Analysis

HTS 6203.43.90 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 7 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 27.9%. The costliest confusion would be with 6203.43.45 (containing 15 percent or more by weight of down and waterfowl plumage…) at duty-free, a difference of 27.9 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 27.9%. 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 27.9% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 62 (97th percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $2,790 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.

The ten-digit suffixes separate designed for use in hospitals, clinics…, imported as parts of playsuits, men's and imported as parts of playsuits. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.