Analysis
HTS 6207.19.90 covers of other textile materials: other under heading 6207 (men's or boys' singlets and other undershirts, underpants, briefs, nightshirts, pajamas…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 1.1% to 16%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6207.99.70 (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 9.4 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 10.5%. 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 90%, 8.6 times the general rate.
The general duty rate is 10.5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 62 (62nd percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,050 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
For statistics it divides in two: 6207.19.90.10 for of man-made fibers (652) and 6207.19.90.30 for other (852). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6207.11.00 | Underpants and briefs: of cotton (352) | 6.1% |
| 6207.19.10 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste (752) | 1.7% |
| 6207.21.00 | Nightshirts and pajamas: of cotton | 8.9% |
| 6207.22.00 | Of man-made fibers (651) | 16% |
| 6207.29.10 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste (751) | 1.1% |
| 6207.29.90 | Of other textile materials: other | 7.1% |
| 6207.91.10 | Bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles (350) | 8.4% |
| 6207.91.30 | Of cotton: other | 6.1% |
| 6207.99.20 | Bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles (459) | 8.5% |
| 6207.99.40 | Of wool or fine animal hair: other (459) | 6.1% |
| 6207.99.70 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste | 1.1% |
| 6207.99.75 | Bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles | 14.9% |
| 6207.99.85 | Of man-made fibers: other | 10.5% |
| 6207.99.90 | Of other textile materials: other | 7.1% |