6204.63.08

Analysis

HTS 6204.63.08 covers containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair under heading 6204 (women's or girls' suits, ensembles, suit-type jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 28.6%. Compared with 6204.63.90 (other: other), which pays 28.6%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 15 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 13.6%. 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 13.6% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 62 (70th percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,360 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 58.5%, 4.3 times the general rate.

For statistics it divides in two: 6204.63.08.10 for women's (448) and 6204.63.08.20 for girls' (448). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.