Analysis
HTS 6502.00.60 covers bleached or colored under heading 6502 (hat shapes, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, neither blocked to…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens.
Rates on the nearby lines range from 4% to 6.8%. The costliest confusion would be with 6502.00.90 (hat shapes, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material…) at 6.8%, a difference of 6.8 points on the customs value.
For statistics it divides in two: 6502.00.60.30 for of paper and 6502.00.60.60 for other. 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 37% of the 19 tariff lines in chapter 65 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
The other lines in the same group are 6502.00.20 (of vegetable fibers, of unspun fibrous vegetable materials…, 34¢/doz. + 3.4%), 6502.00.40 (not bleached and not colored, 4%) and 6502.00.90 (hat shapes, plaited or made by assembling strips of any…, 6.8%).
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6502.00.20 | Of vegetable fibers, of unspun fibrous vegetable materials, of paper yarn or of any combination thereof: sewed | 34¢/doz. + 3.4% |
| 6502.00.40 | Not bleached and not colored | 4% |
| 6502.00.90 | Hat shapes, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, neither blocked to shape, nor with made brims, not lined, nor trimmed: other | 6.8% |