HTS tariff line · chapter 65
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
Analysis
HTS 6502.00.90 covers hat shapes, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, neither blocked to shape, nor with made brims, not lined, nor trimmed: other 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 and kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 4%. The costliest confusion would be with 6502.00.60 (bleached or colored) at duty-free, a difference of 6.8 points on the customs value.
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 6.8%. 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 6.8% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 65 (63rd percentile of 19 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $680 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 90%, 13.2 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 6502.00.90.30 for of man-made fibers (659) and 6502.00.90.60 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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% |
| 6502.00.60 | Bleached or colored | Free |