6204.69.03

Analysis

HTS 6204.69.03 covers trousers, breeches and shorts: 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 6 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from 1.1% to 28.6%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6204.69.45 (containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste), at 1.1%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 27.5 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 28.6%. 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 28.6% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 62 (99th percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $2,860 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 90%, 3.1 times the general rate.

The ten-digit suffixes separate women's, imported as parts of playsuits, women'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.