US imports of Sweaters, pullovers, sweatshirts

US imports under HTS 6110 at a glance

Between March and July 2026, US importers entered $3.91 billion of sweaters, pullovers, sweatshirts under HTS heading 6110, from all 55 origin countries covered here and across 123 ten-digit tariff lines — roughly $782 million a month of customs value under a single four-digit heading.

Heading 6110 sits in chapter 61, apparel, knitted or crocheted, so anything classified here shares a duty structure with the rest of that chapter.

Who exports sweaters, pullovers, sweatshirts to the United States

No single country owns this heading. Vietnam is the largest origin at 22.4% ($877 million), but the top three combined reach only 44.9% and 55 origins ship into the heading at all. Sourcing this spread out usually means the specification is broadly available and switching origins is a commercial decision rather than an engineering one.

Asian origins supply 68.9% of the heading, led by Vietnam, China, Cambodia and Bangladesh. 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

Duty treatment is split. 79.1% of the entered value was dutiable and the rest came in free, usually under a trade agreement or a duty-free provision in the tariff schedule. CBP collected $915 million in all, an effective 29.6% on the dutiable value and $23.39 per $100 of goods once the free entries are counted.

The spread between origins is real. Among origins with at least 2% of the heading, China paid the most duty relative to value — $34.74 per $100 — while Honduras paid $0.42. On a $250,000 purchase order that gap is about $86,000 in duty alone, which is worth pricing into a sourcing decision rather than discovering on the entry summary.

The 10-digit lines under heading 6110

123 ten-digit lines carried trade under this heading in the period. The largest, 6110.20.20.69 (other), took 22.7% of the heading at $888 million. 6110.20.20.79, 6110.30.30.53 and 6110.30.30.59 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 $23.39 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 (6110.20.20), China (6110.20.20) and Cambodia (6110.20.20). 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

Classify first, confirm origin second, quote freight third. A heading like 6110 rewards that order, because the duty differences between lines and between origins are usually larger than the freight differences on the same lane. Airlift USA handles the freight and coordinates classification and entry 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.