HTS tariff line · chapter 65
6504.00.90
Hats and other headgear, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed: other
Analysis
HTS 6504.00.90 covers hats and other headgear, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed: other under heading 6504 (hats and other headgear, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, whether or…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.
Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, the Caribbean Basin Initiative, and 11 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.
Rates on the nearby lines range from 6% to 6%. The costliest confusion would be with 6504.00.30 (of vegetable fibers, of unspun fibrous vegetable materials, of paper…) at 6%, a difference of 0.8 points on the customs value.
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.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6504.00.30 | Of vegetable fibers, of unspun fibrous vegetable materials, of paper yarn or of any combination thereof: sewed | 6% |
| 6504.00.60 | Of vegetable fibers, of unspun fibrous vegetable materials, of paper yarn or of any combination thereof: not sewed | 94¢/doz. + 4.6% |