Analysis
HTS 7019.69.40 covers not colored: other under heading 7019 (glass fibers (including glass wool) and articles thereof (for example, yarn, rovings…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in square metres and kilograms.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 7019.69.70 (fiberglass tire cord fabric woven from electrically nonconductive…), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 7.3 percentage points.
Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, the Israel FTA, and 9 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 7.3%. 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 7.3% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 70 (77th percentile of 192 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $730 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 50%, 6.8 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7019.69.30 | Fiberglass tire cord fabric 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 |
| 7019.69.70 | Fiberglass tire cord fabric 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 |
| 7019.69.90 | Colored: other | 7% |