6211.39.07

Analysis

HTS 6211.39.07 covers containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste under heading 6211 (track suits, ski-suits and swimwear; other garments). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 8 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.

Rates on the nearby lines range from 0.5% to 12%. The costliest confusion would be with 6211.39.30 (of wool or fine animal hair) at 12%, a difference of 11.5 points on the customs value.

The general duty rate is 0.5% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 62 (6th percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $50 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 70.0 times the general rate.

The ten-digit suffixes separate coveralls, jumpsuits and similar apparel, washsuits, sunsuits, one-piece…, trousers, shirts excluded from heading 6205, vests and jackets and jacket-type garments…. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.