Analysis
HTS 6506.91.00 covers of rubber or plastics under heading 6506 (other headgear, whether or not lined or trimmed). 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 8.5%. Compared with 6506.99.60 (of other materials: other), which pays 8.5%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 8.5 percentage points.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 37% of the 19 tariff lines in chapter 65, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.
The other lines in the same group are 6506.10.30 (of reinforced or laminated plastics, duty-free), 6506.10.60 (safety headgear: other, duty-free), 6506.99.30 (of other materials: of furskin, 3.3%) and 6506.99.60 (of other materials: other, 8.5%).
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6506.10.30 | Of reinforced or laminated plastics | Free |
| 6506.10.60 | Safety headgear: other | Free |
| 6506.99.30 | Of other materials: of furskin | 3.3% |
| 6506.99.60 | Of other materials: other | 8.5% |