Analysis
Subheading 7019.65 covers open woven fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm, within heading 7019. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 2 US tariff lines below it are national.
1 of its 2 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (50%) and 1 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 6%. The median line pays 3%.
The spread of 6 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here. The highest rate, 6%, applies to 7019.65.90 (open woven fabrics of a width not exceeding 30…).
The US splits it as follows: 7019.65.51 for fiberglass tire cord woven from electrically nonconductive continuous… (duty-free) and 7019.65.90 for open woven fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm: other (6%).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Narrow Fabric Mills and Schiffli Machine Embroidery (313220) and Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills (314994). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7019.65.51 | Fiberglass tire cord woven from electrically nonconductive continuous fiberglass filaments 9 microns in diameter to 11 microns in diameter and impregnated with resorcinol formaldehyde latex treatment for adhesion to polymeric compounds (622) | Free |
| 7019.65.90 | Open woven fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm: other | 6% |