6211.39.30

Analysis

HTS 6211.39.30 covers of wool or fine animal hair under heading 6211 (track suits, ski-suits and swimwear; other garments). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 6 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from 0.5% to 12%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6211.39.60 (containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste), at 0.5%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 11.5 percentage points.

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 12%. 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 12% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 62 (66th percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,200 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 58.5%, 4.9 times the general rate.

The ten-digit suffixes separate 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.