Analysis
HTS 6216.00.33 covers ice hockey 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 from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 45% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 45% duty.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6216.00.05 | Ice hockey gloves and field hockey gloves | Free |
| 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% |
| 6216.00.35 | 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% |