Analysis
HTS 6505.00.50 covers wholly or in part of braid 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 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 9.4%. Compared with 6505.00.04 (felt hats and other felt headgear, made from the hat bodies, hoods or…), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 6.8 percentage points.
Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, the Israel FTA, 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.
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 |
| 6505.00.15 | Of cotton, flax or both: knitted | 7.9% |
| 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% |
| 6505.00.60 | 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% |