Analysis
HTS 6204.69.28 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.
Rates on the nearby lines range from 1.1% to 28.6%. The costliest confusion would be with 6204.69.45 (containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste) at 1.1%, a difference of 27.5 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 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.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6204.69.01 | Bib and brace overalls | 13.6% |
| 6204.69.02 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 13.6% |
| 6204.69.03 | Trousers, breeches and shorts: other | 28.6% |
| 6204.69.04 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste | 1.1% |
| 6204.69.05 | Of silk or silk waste: other | 7.1% |
| 6204.69.06 | Recreational performance outerwear: other | 2.8% |
| 6204.69.15 | Bib and brace overalls | 13.6% |
| 6204.69.22 | Containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair | 13.6% |
| 6204.69.45 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste | 1.1% |
| 6204.69.65 | Of silk or silk waste: other | 7.1% |
| 6204.69.80 | Other: other | 2.8% |