6306.30.00

Analysis

HTS 6306.30.00 covers tarpaulins, awnings and sunblinds; tents (including temporary canopies and similar articles); sails for boats, sailboards or landcraft; camping goods: sails under heading 6306 (tarpaulins, awnings and sunblinds; tents (including temporary canopies and similar…). 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 8.8%. The costliest confusion would be with 6306.22.90 (of synthetic fibers: other) at 8.8%, a difference of 8.8 points on the customs value.

For statistics it divides in two: 6306.30.00.10 for of synthetic fibers and 6306.30.00.20 for of other textile materials. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 14% of the 98 tariff lines in chapter 63 that are also free. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 30% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 30% duty.