Analysis
HTS 6505.00.15 covers of cotton, flax or both: knitted under heading 6505 (hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 9.4%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 6505.00.04 (felt hats and other felt headgear, made from the hat bodies, hoods or…), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 7.9 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 7.9% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 65 (87th percentile of 19 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.
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 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 45%, 5.7 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6505.00.01 | Hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hair-nets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed: hair-nets | 9.4% |
| 6505.00.04 | Felt hats and other felt headgear, made from the hat bodies, hoods or plateaux of heading 6501, whether or not lined or trimmed: of fur felt | Free |
| 6505.00.08 | Felt hats and other felt headgear, made from the hat bodies, hoods or plateaux of heading 6501, whether or not lined or trimmed: other | 13.5¢/kg + 6.3% + 1.9¢/article |
| 6505.00.20 | Certified hand-loomed and folklore products; and headwear of cotton | 7.5% |
| 6505.00.25 | Not knitted: other | 7.5% |
| 6505.00.30 | Knitted or crocheted or made up from knitted or crocheted fabric | 25.4¢/kg + 7.7% |
| 6505.00.40 | Of wool: other | 31¢/kg + 7.9% |
| 6505.00.50 | Wholly or in part of braid | 6.8% |
| 6505.00.60 | Not in part of braid | 20¢/kg + 7% |
| 6505.00.70 | Wholly or in part of braid | 6.8% |
| 6505.00.80 | Not in part of braid | 18.7¢/kg + 6.8% |
| 6505.00.90 | Other: other | 20.7¢/kg + 7.5% |