Analysis
HTS 6214.90.00 covers of other textile materials under heading 6214 (shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils and the like). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from 1.2% to 6.7%. The costliest confusion would be with 6214.10.10 (containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste) at 1.2%, a difference of 10.1 points on the customs value.
Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, the Caribbean Basin Initiative, and 11 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 11.3%. 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 11.3% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 62 (64th percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,130 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 90%, 8.0 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 6214.90.00.10 for of cotton (359) and 6214.90.00.90 for other (859). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6214.10.10 | Containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste | 1.2% |
| 6214.10.20 | Of silk or silk waste: other (859) | 3.9% |
| 6214.20.00 | Of wool or fine animal hair (459) | 6.7% |
| 6214.30.00 | Of synthetic fibers (659) | 5.3% |
| 6214.40.00 | Of artificial fibers (659) | 5.3% |