Analysis
Heading 6305 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods. It divides into 6 six-digit subheadings and 6 eight-digit tariff lines, with 10 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
The spread of 8.4 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here. The highest rate, 8.4%, applies to 6305.32.00 (flexible intermediate bulk containers) and 6305.33.00 (of man-made textile materials: other, of…).
1 of its 6 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (17%) and 5 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 8.4%. The median line pays 7.300000000000001%.
The largest subheadings are 6305.10 (unnamed, 1 line), 6305.20 (unnamed, 1 line), 6305.32 (unnamed, 1 line) and 6305.33 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of 7.300000000000001% sits at the 60th percentile of the headings in chapter 63.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Textile Bag and Canvas Mills (314910). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6305.10.00 | Of jute or of other textile bast fibers of heading 5303 | Free |
| 6305.20.00 | Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods: of cotton (369) | 6.2% |
| 6305.32.00 | Flexible intermediate bulk containers | 8.4% |
| 6305.33.00 | Of man-made textile materials: other, of polyethylene or polypropylene strip or the like | 8.4% |
| 6305.39.00 | Of man-made textile materials: other (669) | 8.4% |
| 6305.90.00 | Of other textile materials (899) | 6.2% |