Analysis
HTS 6216.00.41 covers with fourchettes (331) 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 6216.00.43 (ice hockey and field hockey gloves), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 23.5 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 23.5%. 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 23.5% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 62 (92nd percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $2,350 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 1.1 times the general rate.
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% |
| 6216.00.33 | 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% |
| 6216.00.43 | 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% |