Silk Shift Dress from China

A straight-cut silk shift dress ideal for professional settings, featuring short sleeves and a simple crew neck from pure silk crepe. Classified in HTS 6204.49.5050 for women's silk dresses as made-up articles of woven textile fabric. Excludes knits and meets full dress criteria without lower pockets or waistbands.

Duty Rate — China → United States

24.4%

Rate breakdown

9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)

Import Tips

Use HTS advisory rulings for unique designs to preempt reclassification

Maintain records of fabric sourcing to prove silk purity against counterfeiting claims

Separate from sets; ensembles with matching bottoms classify differently per notes