Analysis
HTS 6208.99.20 covers of wool or fine animal hair under heading 6208 (women's or girls' singlets and other undershirts, slips, petticoats, briefs, panties…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from 1.1% to 7.1%. The costliest confusion would be with 6208.99.30 (containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste) at 1.1%, a difference of 7.4 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 8.5%. 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 58.5%, 6.9 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 6208.99.20.10 for bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles (459) and 6208.99.20.20 for other (459). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The general duty rate is 8.5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 62 (54th percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $850 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6208.99.30 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste | 1.1% |
| 6208.99.50 | Of silk or silk waste: other | 7.1% |
| 6208.99.80 | Of other textile materials: other | 2.8% |