Analysis
HTS 6208.99.30 covers containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste 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.
Within this group the rate runs from 2.8% to 8.5%. Compared with 6208.99.20 (of wool or fine animal hair), which pays 8.5%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 7.4 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: 6208.99.30.10 for bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles (750) and 6208.99.30.20 for other (752). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6208.99.20 | Of wool or fine animal hair | 8.5% |
| 6208.99.50 | Of silk or silk waste: other | 7.1% |
| 6208.99.80 | Of other textile materials: other | 2.8% |