Analysis
HTS 6305.32.00 covers flexible intermediate bulk containers under heading 6305 (sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 8.4%. The costliest confusion would be with 6305.10.00 (of jute or of other textile bast fibers of heading 5303) at duty-free, a difference of 8.4 points on the customs value.
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 8.4%. 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 8.4% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 63 (66th percentile of 98 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $840 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 103%, 12.3 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 6305.32.00.10 for weighing one kg or more (669) and 6305.32.00.20 for other (669). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring 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% |
| 6305.33.00 | 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% |