6206.40.30

Analysis

HTS 6206.40.30 covers other: other under heading 6206 (women's or girls' blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 7 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.

Rates on the nearby lines range from 4% to 11.3%. The costliest confusion would be with 6206.40.20 (containing 30 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste (641)) at 4%, a difference of 22.9 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 26.9%. 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 26.9% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 62 (93rd percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $2,690 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 90%, 3.3 times the general rate.

The ten-digit suffixes separate women's, imported as parts of playsuits, designed for use in hospitals, clinics… 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.