9607.20.00

Analysis

HTS 9607.20.00 covers slide fasteners and parts thereof: parts under heading 9607 (slide fasteners and parts thereof). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in thousands.

Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 11.5%. 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 11.5% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 96 (93rd percentile of 104 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,150 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from 10% to 13%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 9607.19.00 (slide fasteners: other), at 13%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 1.5 percentage points.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 66%, 5.7 times the general rate.

For statistics it divides in two: 9607.20.00.40 for sliders, with or without pulls and 9607.20.00.80 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.