Analysis
HTS 7019.69.90 covers 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.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 7.3%. The costliest confusion would be with 7019.69.70 (fiberglass tire cord fabric woven from electrically nonconductive…) at duty-free, a difference of 7 points on the customs value.
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%. 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% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 70 (70th percentile of 192 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $700 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 60%, 8.6 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 |
| 7019.69.40 | Not colored: other | 7.3% |
| 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 |