Analysis
HTS 9619.00.15 covers of paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibers under heading 9619 (sanitary pads (towels) and tampons, diapers (napkins), diaper liners and similar…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 16%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 9619.00.74 (of man-made fibers), at 16%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 16 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 25% of the 104 tariff lines in chapter 96. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 322291 (Sanitary Paper Product Manufacturing), an industry of 138 US establishments employing 19,445 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9619.00.05 | Sanitary pads (towels) and tampons, diapers (napkins), diaper liners and similar articles, of any material: of plastics | 5% |
| 9619.00.11 | Sanitary pads (towels) and tampons, diapers (napkins), diaper liners and similar articles, of any material: of paper pulp | Free |
| 9619.00.21 | Of textile wadding: of cotton (369) | 3.6% |
| 9619.00.25 | Of textile wadding: other (669) | 6.3% |
| 9619.00.31 | Of knitted or crocheted textile fabric (239) | 8.1% |
| 9619.00.33 | Of cotton: other (239) | 9.3% |
| 9619.00.41 | Of synthetic fibers (239) | 16% |
| 9619.00.43 | Of artificial fibers (239) | 14.9% |
| 9619.00.46 | Of knitted or crocheted textile fabric (839) | 5.6% |
| 9619.00.48 | Of other textile fibers: other (839) | 2.8% |
| 9619.00.61 | Knitted or crocheted: of cotton | 10.8% |
| 9619.00.64 | Of man-made fibers | 14.9% |
| 9619.00.68 | Knitted or crocheted: other | 5.6% |
| 9619.00.71 | Other: of cotton | 8.1% |
| 9619.00.74 | Of man-made fibers | 16% |
| 9619.00.78 | Other: menʼs or boysʼ | 2.8% |
| 9619.00.79 | Other: womenʼs or girlsʼ | 7.3% |
| 9619.00.90 | Sanitary pads (towels) and tampons, diapers (napkins), diaper liners and similar articles, of any material: other | 7% |