Analysis
HTS 6701.00.30 covers articles of feathers or down under heading 6701 (skins and other parts of birds with their feathers or down, feathers, parts of feathers…).
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 4.7%. 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.
The general duty rate is 4.7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 67 (65th percentile of 13 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $470 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 60%, 12.8 times the general rate.
The other line in the same group is 6701.00.60 (skins and other parts of birds with their feathers or down…, 4.7%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 339999 (All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing), an industry of 3,012 US establishments employing 40,510 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6701.00.60 | Skins and other parts of birds with their feathers or down, feathers, parts of feathers, down and articles thereof (other than goods of heading 0505 and worked quills and scapes): other | 4.7% |