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HTS tariff line · chapter 62

6216.00.24

Containing 50 per cent or more by weight of cotton, man-made fibers or any combination thereof

Analysis

HTS 6216.00.24 covers containing 50 per cent or more by weight of cotton, man-made fibers or any combination thereof under heading 6216 (gloves, mittens and mitts). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in doz. prs. and kilograms.

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 23.5%. Compared with 6216.00.43 (ice hockey and field hockey gloves), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 13.2 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 13.2%. 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. Reduced but not zero rates apply under some agreements: 10.7% for E.

The general duty rate is 13.2% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 62 (69th percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,320 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 75%, 5.7 times the general rate.

Statistical suffixes

CodeDescriptionUnitsNAICS
6216.00.24.10Subject to cotton restraints (331)doz. prs., kg315990
6216.00.24.25Subject to man-made fiber restraints (631)doz. prs., kg315990
6216.00.24.30Other (831)doz. prs., kg315990

Neighbouring lines

LineDescriptionGeneral rate
6216.00.05Ice hockey gloves and field hockey glovesFree
6216.00.08Impregnated, 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 mitts0.8%
6216.00.13Containing over 50 percent by weight of plastics or rubber12.5%
6216.00.17Of vegetable fibers: other23.5%
6216.00.19Containing over 50 percent by weight of plastics or rubber11.1¢/kg + 5.5%
6216.00.21Other: other20.6¢/kg + 10.3%
6216.00.26Other: other7%
6216.00.29Containing 50 percent or more by weight of cotton, man-made fibers or any combi- nation thereof13%
6216.00.31With fourchettes: other7%
6216.00.33Ice hockey and field hockey glovesFree
6216.00.35Of cotton: other gloves, mittens and mitts, all the fore- going specially designed for use in sports, including ski and snowmobile gloves, mittens and mitts2.8%
6216.00.38Without fourchettes (331)23.5%
6216.00.41With fourchettes (331)23.5%
6216.00.43Ice hockey and field hockey glovesFree
6216.00.46Of 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 mitts2.8%
6216.00.54Without fourchettes20.7¢/kg + 10.4%
6216.00.58Other: with fourchettes20.7¢/kg + 10.4%
6216.00.80Of wool or fine animal hair (431)3.5%
6216.00.90Other: other (831)3.8%