6204.29.40

Analysis

HTS 6204.29.40 covers of other textile materials: other under heading 6204 (women's or girls' suits, ensembles, suit-type jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 32 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.

The general rate is The rate applicable to each garment in the ensemble if separately entered, a specific or compound duty rather than a simple percentage, so the effective burden depends on the unit value of the goods: cheap goods pay proportionally more than expensive ones. Importers usually convert it to an ad valorem equivalent to compare it with other lines.

The ten-digit suffixes separate subject to cotton restraints, subject to wool restraints, subject to man-made fiber restraints, containing 70 percent or more by weight…, subject to cotton restraints and subject to wool restraints and 18 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.

Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, the Caribbean Basin Initiative, and 10 others can enter duty-free instead of paying The rate applicable to each garment in the ensemble if separately entered. 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.