Analysis
HTS 9506.99.60 covers other: other under heading 9506 (articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics, athletics, other sports…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 5.6%. The costliest confusion would be with 9506.99.40 (toboggans; bobsleds and luges of a kind used in international…) at duty-free, a difference of 4 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 4% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 95 (76th percentile of 84 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $400 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 4%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 40%, 10.0 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 9506.99.60.40 for nets not elsewhere specified or included and 9506.99.60.80 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9506.99.05 | Archery articles and equipment and parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9506.99.08 | Badminton articles and equipment, except rackets, and parts and accessories thereof: nets of cotton | 2.8% |
| 9506.99.12 | Badminton articles and equipment, except rackets, and parts and accessories thereof: other | 5.6% |
| 9506.99.15 | Baseball articles and equipment, except balls, and parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9506.99.20 | Football, soccer and polo articles and equip- ment, except balls, and parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9506.99.25 | Ice-hockey and field-hockey articles and equipment, except balls and skates, and parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9506.99.28 | Other: lacrosse sticks | Free |
| 9506.99.30 | Lawn-tennis articles and equipment, except balls and rackets, and parts and accessories thereof | 3.1% |
| 9506.99.35 | Other: skeet targets | Free |
| 9506.99.40 | Toboggans; bobsleds and luges of a kind used in international competition | Free |
| 9506.99.45 | Sleds, bobsleds, toboggans and the like and parts and accessories thereof: other, including parts and accessories | 2.8% |
| 9506.99.50 | Snowshoes and parts and accessories thereof | 2.6% |
| 9506.99.55 | Swimming pools and wading pools and parts and accessories thereof | 5.3% |