6302.31.90

Analysis

HTS 6302.31.90 covers other: not napped under heading 6302 (bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 5 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items and kilograms.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from 3.8% to 20.9%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6302.31.50 (containing any embroidery, lace, braid, edging, trimming, piping or…), at 20.9%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 14.2 percentage points.

This line's footnotes point to one additional provision in Chapter 99: 9903.90.08 (measures on products of Russia). Chapter 99 duties are added on top of the general rate for goods of the countries they name, and they change more often than the rest of the schedule, so check the current CBP guidance before you rely on a total.

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 6.7%. 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 6.7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 63 (55th percentile of 98 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $670 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 3.7 times the general rate.