US imports of Women's or girls' slips, petticoats, briefs, panties

US imports under HTS 6108 at a glance

Between March and July 2026, US importers entered $892 million of women's or girls' slips, petticoats, briefs, panties under HTS heading 6108, from 54 of the 55 origin countries covered here and across 34 ten-digit tariff lines — roughly $178 million a month of customs value under a single four-digit heading.

The heading belongs to chapter 61, apparel, knitted or crocheted. Classification disputes in this range usually turn on the six-digit subheading, which is where the rates start to diverge.

Who exports women's or girls' slips, petticoats, briefs, panties to the United States

Vietnam is the largest origin with $291 million, or 32.6% of the heading, with China at 17.3% and Bangladesh at 12.2%. The top three take 62.2% between them — enough concentration to matter when one origin's duty treatment changes, but not so much that a buyer has no alternative to qualify.

Asian origins supply 91.7% of the heading, led by Vietnam, China, Bangladesh and Cambodia. That means ocean transit from Asian base ports and, for most of these countries, no free-trade-agreement relief — so the tariff line you classify into carries the full cost.

What importers actually paid in duty

Almost everything under this heading is dutiable: 95.4% of entered value carried duty, and CBP collected $196 million over the five months. The effective rate on dutiable value was 23%, which works out to $21.97 of duty per $100 of goods. There is no meaningful duty-free channel here — classification and origin are the only levers.

The spread between origins is real. Among origins with at least 2% of the heading, China paid the most duty relative to value — $29.86 per $100 — while India paid $18.65. On a $250,000 purchase order that gap is about $28,000 in duty alone, which is worth pricing into a sourcing decision rather than discovering on the entry summary.

The 10-digit lines under heading 6108

34 ten-digit lines carried trade under this heading in the period. The largest, 6108.22.90.20 (women's), took 23.4% of the heading at $209 million. 6108.32.00.10, 6108.21.00.10 and 6108.92.00.30 follow. Rates diverge between those lines, so the classification your broker files is worth checking against the goods rather than carried over from the last entry.

What the duty stack looks like

The rate on an entry is not one number. It is a stack: the general (column 1) rate for the 10-digit line, less any trade-agreement preference the goods qualify for, plus whatever additional duties apply to that product and origin, all applied to the customs value declared. The $21.97 per $100 above is what that stack averaged across every entry in this heading — a benchmark, not a quote.

For the origins carrying the most volume, the per-country breakdowns go a level deeper: Vietnam (6108.22.90), China (6108.32.00) and Bangladesh (6108.21.00). To price a specific shipment, put your 10-digit code and country of origin into the tariff simulator.

What this means for your next shipment

The numbers above are a starting point, not the answer for a specific shipment: the rate depends on the exact 10-digit line, the origin, and any trade-agreement claim you can substantiate. Airlift USA arranges the ocean and air movement and coordinates classification and entry filing through our licensed broker network.

For the operational side rather than the tariff side, see the Textiles & Apparel Commodities guide for how this cargo moves, the Vietnam to USA lane for transit times and ports and the heading index to compare against the rest of chapter 61.