Analysis
HTS 6307.90.30 covers other: labels under heading 6307 (other made up articles, including dress patterns). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6307.90.68 (spunlaced or bonded fiber fabric disposable surgical drapes of…), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 7.9 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 7.9%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 71.5%, 9.1 times the general rate.
The general duty rate is 7.9% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 63 (61st percentile of 98 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $790 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
For statistics it divides in two: 6307.90.30.10 for of cotton (369) and 6307.90.30.20 for other (669). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6307.90.40 | Other: cords and tassels | Free |
| 6307.90.50 | Corset lacings, footwear lacings or similar lacings | Free |
| 6307.90.60 | Of fabric formed on a base of paper or covered or lined with paper | Free |
| 6307.90.68 | Spunlaced or bonded fiber fabric disposable surgical drapes of man-made fibers | Free |
| 6307.90.72 | Other: other | 4.5% |
| 6307.90.75 | Toys for pets, of textile materials | 4.3% |
| 6307.90.85 | Wall banners, of man-made fibers | 5.8% |
| 6307.90.89 | Surgical towels; cotton towels of pile or tufted construction; pillow shells, of cotton; shells for quilts, eiderdowns, comforters and similar articles of cotton | 7% |
| 6307.90.98 | Other: other | 7% |