Analysis
HTS 6204.69.45 covers containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste 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 1.1% to 28.6%. Compared with 6204.69.28 (trousers, breeches and shorts: other), which pays 28.6%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 27.5 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 1.1% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 62 (9th percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $110 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 65%, 59.1 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 6204.69.45.10 for trousers, breeches and shorts (748) and 6204.69.45.20 for bib and brace overalls (759). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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% |
| 6204.69.28 | Trousers, breeches and shorts: other | 28.6% |
| 6204.69.65 | Of silk or silk waste: other | 7.1% |
| 6204.69.80 | Other: other | 2.8% |