6217.90.90

Analysis

HTS 6217.90.90 covers parts: other under heading 6217 (other made up clothing accessories; parts of garments or of clothing accessories, other…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 16 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.

Within this group the rate runs from 2.3% to 14.6%. Compared with 6217.90.10 (containing 70 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste), which pays 2.3%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 12.3 percentage points.

Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, the Caribbean Basin Initiative, and 10 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 14.6%. 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 14.6% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 62 (74th percentile of 352 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,460 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The ten-digit suffixes separate of cotton, of wool or fine animal hair, of man-made fibers, of cotton, of wool or fine animal hair and of man-made fibers and 6 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 90%, 6.2 times the general rate.