Analysis
HTS 6216.00.05 covers ice hockey gloves and field hockey gloves under heading 6216 (gloves, mittens and mitts).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 23.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6216.00.41 (with fourchettes (331)), at 23.5%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 23.5 percentage points.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 6% of the 352 tariff lines in chapter 62. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 339920 (Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing), an industry of 1,662 US establishments employing 39,073 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6216.00.08 | Impregnated, coated or covered with plastics or rubber: other gloves, mittens and mitts, all the foregoing specially designed for use in sports, including ski and snowmobile gloves, mittens and mitts | 0.8% |
| 6216.00.13 | Containing over 50 percent by weight of plastics or rubber | 12.5% |
| 6216.00.17 | Of vegetable fibers: other | 23.5% |
| 6216.00.19 | Containing over 50 percent by weight of plastics or rubber | 11.1¢/kg + 5.5% |
| 6216.00.21 | Other: other | 20.6¢/kg + 10.3% |
| 6216.00.24 | Containing 50 per cent or more by weight of cotton, man-made fibers or any combination thereof | 13.2% |
| 6216.00.26 | Other: other | 7% |
| 6216.00.29 | Containing 50 percent or more by weight of cotton, man-made fibers or any combi- nation thereof | 13% |
| 6216.00.31 | With fourchettes: other | 7% |
| 6216.00.33 | Ice hockey and field hockey gloves | Free |
| 6216.00.35 | Of cotton: other gloves, mittens and mitts, all the fore- going specially designed for use in sports, including ski and snowmobile gloves, mittens and mitts | 2.8% |
| 6216.00.38 | Without fourchettes (331) | 23.5% |
| 6216.00.41 | With fourchettes (331) | 23.5% |
| 6216.00.43 | Ice hockey and field hockey gloves | Free |
| 6216.00.46 | Of man-made fibers: other gloves, mittens and mitts, all the fore- going specially designed for use in sports, including ski and snowmobile gloves, mittens and mitts | 2.8% |
| 6216.00.54 | Without fourchettes | 20.7¢/kg + 10.4% |
| 6216.00.58 | Other: with fourchettes | 20.7¢/kg + 10.4% |
| 6216.00.80 | Of wool or fine animal hair (431) | 3.5% |
| 6216.00.90 | Other: other (831) | 3.8% |