Analysis
HTS 6702.10.40 covers of plastics: other, including parts under heading 6702 (artificial flowers, foliage and fruit and parts thereof; articles made of artificial…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 4.7% to 17%. The costliest confusion would be with 6702.90.65 (other: other) at 17%, a difference of 13.6 points on the customs value.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 80%, 23.5 times the general rate.
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 3.4%. 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 3.4% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 67 (50th percentile of 13 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $340 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6702.10.20 | Assembled by binding with flexible materials such as wire, paper, textile materials, or foil, or by gluing or by similar methods | 8.4% |
| 6702.90.10 | Of other materials: of feathers | 4.7% |
| 6702.90.35 | Of man-made fibers | 9% |
| 6702.90.65 | Other: other | 17% |