HTS tariff line · chapter 96
9618.00.00
Tailors' dummies and other mannequins; automatons and other animated displays used for shopwindow dressing
Analysis
HTS 9618.00.00 covers tailors' dummies and other mannequins; automatons and other animated displays used for shopwindow dressing under heading 9618 (tailors' dummies and other mannequins; automatons and other animated displays used for…).
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 4.4%. 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 56%, 12.7 times the general rate.
The general duty rate is 4.4% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 96 (54th percentile of 104 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $440 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
It is the only US line under subheading 9618.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 9618.00 points straight here.