Analysis
HTS 9404.21.00 covers of cellular rubber or plastics, whether or not covered under heading 9404 (mattress supports; articles of bedding and similar furnishing (for example, mattresses…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 12.8%. Compared with 9404.40.90 (quilts, bedspreads, eiderdowns and duvets (comforters): other), which pays 12.8%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 9.8 percentage points.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 40%, 13.3 times the general rate.
The general duty rate is 3% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 94 (58th percentile of 110 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 9404.10.00 | Mattress supports; articles of bedding and similar furnishing (for example, mattresses, quilts, eiderdowns, cushions, pouffes and pillows) fitted with springs or stuffed or internally fitted with any material or of cellular rubber or plastics, whether or not covered: mattress supports | Free |
| 9404.29.10 | Of other materials: of cotton | 3% |
| 9404.29.90 | Of other materials: other | 6% |
| 9404.30.40 | Containing 20 percent or more by weight of feathers and/or down | 4.7% |
| 9404.30.80 | Sleeping bags: other | 9% |
| 9404.40.10 | Of cotton, not containing any embroidery, lace, braid, edging, trimming, piping exceeding 6.35 mm or applique work (362) | 4.4% |
| 9404.40.90 | Quilts, bedspreads, eiderdowns and duvets (comforters): other | 12.8% |
| 9404.90.10 | Pillows, cushions and similar furnishings: of cotton (369) | 5.3% |
| 9404.90.20 | Pillows, cushions and similar furnishings: other | 6% |
| 9404.90.81 | Of cotton, not containing any embroidery, lace, braid, edging, trimming, piping exceeding 6.35 mm or applique work (369) | 4.4% |
| 9404.90.96 | Other: other | 7.3% |