6204.69.65

Analysis

HTS 6204.69.65 covers of silk or silk waste: 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 6204.69.28 (trousers, breeches and shorts: other), at 28.6%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 21.5 percentage points.

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 7.1%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 65%, 9.2 times the general rate.

The general duty rate is 7.1% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 62 (42nd percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $710 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The ten-digit suffixes separate subject to cotton restraints, subject to wool restraints, subject to man-made fiber restraints, trousers and breeches, shorts and bib and brace overalls. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.