HTS Index

HTS 5205

Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85 percent or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale

General rateNot stated for this line
What most imports pay — countries with normal trade relations, which is nearly all of them.
Special rateNot stated for this line
Only under a trade programme or agreement, and only if the goods qualify. The codes name the programmes.
Column 2 rateNot stated for this line
Only for the few countries without normal trade relations.

This line states no general duty rate, and none is inherited from the lines above it. That is not the same as duty-free: lines in Chapters 98 and 99 are provisions and qualifiers rather than ordinary commodities, and a rate may be stated elsewhere. Check the heading before assuming anything.

Additional duties may apply

This line references Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate above and depend on where the goods were made. The rate shown here is therefore not the whole story for every origin.

What the Chapter 99 provisions are

Statistical breakouts

The 10-digit lines under this code. They are reporting categories; the duty is the one above unless a line states its own.

CodeDescriptionUnitsRate
5205.11Not exceeding 14 nmsee above
5205.11.10.00Unbleached, not mercerized (300)kg3.7%
5205.11.20.00Other (300)kg5%
5205.12Exceeding 14 nm but not exceeding 43 nmsee above
5205.12.10.00Unbleached, not mercerized (300)kg5.2%
5205.12.20.00Other (300)kg6.5%
5205.13Exceeding 43 nm but not exceeding 52 nmsee above
5205.13.10.00Unbleached, not mercerized (300)kg6.5%
5205.13.20.00Other (300)kg7.3%
5205.14Exceeding 52 nm but not exceeding 80 nmsee above
5205.14.10.00Unbleached, not mercerized (300)kg7.8%
5205.14.20.00Other (300)kg8.7%
5205.15Exceeding 80 nmsee above
5205.15.10.00Unbleached, not mercerized (300)kg9.9%
5205.15.20.00Other (300)kg12%
5205.21.00Not exceeding 14 nm5.8%
5205.21.00.20Ring spun (301)kg5.8%
5205.21.00.90Other (301)kg5.8%
5205.22.00Exceeding 14 nm but not exceeding 43 nm7.3%
5205.22.00.20Ring spun (301)kg7.3%
5205.22.00.90Other (301)kg7.3%
5205.23.00Exceeding 43 nm but not exceeding 52 nm8.6%
5205.23.00.20Ring spun (301)kg8.6%
5205.23.00.90Other (301)kg8.6%
5205.24.00Exceeding 52 nm but not exceeding 80 nm9.9%
5205.24.00.20Ring spun (301)kg9.9%
5205.24.00.90Other (301)kg9.9%
5205.26.00Measuring less than 125 decitex but not less than 106.38 decitex (exceeding 80 metric number but not exceeding 94 metric number)12%
5205.26.00.20Ring spun (301)kg12%
5205.26.00.90Other (301)kg12%
5205.27.00Measuring less than 106.38 decitex but not less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 94 metric number but not exceeding 120 metric number)12%
5205.27.00.20Ring spun (301)kg12%
5205.27.00.90Other (301)kg12%
5205.28.00Measuring less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120 metric number)12%
5205.28.00.20Ring spun (301)kg12%
5205.28.00.90Other (301)kg12%
5205.31.00.00Not exceeding 14 nm per single yarn (300)kg5.8%
5205.32.00.00Exceeding 14 nm but not exceeding 43 nm per single yarn (300)kg7.3%
5205.33.00.00Exceeding 43 nm but not exceeding 52 nm per single yarn (300)kg8.6%
5205.34.00.00Exceeding 52 nm but not exceeding 80 nm per single yarn (300)kg9.9%
5205.35.00.00Exceeding 80 nm per single yarn (300)kg12%
5205.41.00Not exceeding 14 nm per single yarn5%
5205.41.00.20Ring spun (301)kg5%
5205.41.00.90Other (301)kg5%
5205.42.00Exceeding 14 nm but not exceeding 43 nm per single yarn6.5%
5205.42.00.21Compact, exceeding 41 nm (301)kg6.5%
5205.42.00.29Other (301)kg6.5%
5205.42.00.90Other (301)kg6.5%
5205.43.00Exceeding 43 nm but not exceeding 52 nm per single yarn8.6%
5205.43.00.21Compact (301)kg8.6%
5205.43.00.29Other (301)kg8.6%
5205.43.00.90Other (301)kg8.6%
5205.44.00Exceeding 52 nm but not exceeding 80 nm per single yarn9.9%
5205.44.00.21Compact (301)kg9.9%
5205.44.00.29Other (301)kg9.9%
5205.44.00.90Other (301)kg9.9%
5205.46.00Measuring per single yarn less than 125 decitex but not less than 106.38 decitex (exceeding 80 metric number but not exceeding 94 metric number)12%
5205.46.00.21Compact (301)kg12%
5205.46.00.29Other (301)kg12%
5205.46.00.90Other (301)kg12%
5205.47.00Measuring per single yarn less than 106.38 decitex but not less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 94 metric number but not exceeding 120 metric number)12%
5205.47.00.21Compact, not exceeding 102 nm (301)kg12%
5205.47.00.29Other (301)kg12%
5205.47.00.90Other (301)kg12%
5205.48.00Measuring per single yarn less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120 metric number)12%
5205.48.00.20Ring spun (301)kg12%
5205.48.00.90Other (301)kg12%

What changed

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Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Re-checked daily.