Analysis
HTS 6505.00.60 covers not 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 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.
The general rate is 20¢/kg + 7%, a specific or compound duty rather than a simple percentage, so the effective burden depends on the unit value of the goods: cheap goods pay proportionally more than expensive ones. Importers usually convert it to an ad valorem equivalent to compare it with other lines.
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 20¢/kg + 7%. 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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 3151 (Apparel Knitting Mills), an industry of 178 US establishments employing 7,656 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6505.00.60.30 | For babies (239) | doz., kg | 315990 |
| 6505.00.60.40 | Containing 23 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair (459) | doz., kg | 3151 |
| 6505.00.60.45 | Visors, and other headgear which provides no covering for the crown of the head (659) | doz., kg | 3151 |
| 6505.00.60.90 | Other (659) | doz., kg | 3151 |
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% |
| 6505.00.50 | Wholly or in part of braid | 6.8% |
| 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% |