Analysis
HTS 9619.00.68 covers knitted or crocheted: other under heading 9619 (sanitary pads (towels) and tampons, diapers (napkins), diaper liners and similar…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 16%. Compared with 9619.00.74 (of man-made fibers), which pays 16%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 10.4 percentage points.
Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, the Caribbean Basin Initiative, and 10 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 5.6%. 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 5.6% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 96 (64th percentile of 104 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $560 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 60%, 10.7 times the general rate.
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 |
| 9619.00.15 | Of paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibers | 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% |
| 9619.00.71 | 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% |