Analysis
HTS 7419.80.06 covers cloth: other under heading 7419 (other articles of copper). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in square metres and kilograms.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 3%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 7419.80.50 (other: other), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 3% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 74 (74th percentile of 89 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $300 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 43%, 14.3 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 7419.80.06.60 for fourdrinier wires, seamed or not seamed, suitable for use… and 7419.80.06.80 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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%. 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.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7419.80.03 | Fourdrinier wires, seamed or not seamed, suitable for use in papermaking machines, with 94 or more wires to the lineal centimeter | Free |
| 7419.80.09 | Cloth (including endless bands), grill and netting, of copper wire; expanded metal of copper: other | 3% |
| 7419.80.15 | Containers of a kind normally carried on the person, in the pocket or in the handbag | 3% |
| 7419.80.16 | Other: copper springs | 3% |
| 7419.80.17 | Chain and parts thereof | 3% |
| 7419.80.30 | Coated or plated with precious metal | 3% |
| 7419.80.50 | Other: other | Free |