U.S. imports of Hat Shapes Made by Plaiting or Assembling Strips (HS 650200) totaled $345K in August 2026, imported from 30 countries.
Importers of Hat Shapes Made by Plaiting or Assembling Strips paid $97K in duties in August 2026, an average duty rate of 28.15% — duty actually collected as a share of the imports that cleared customs, not the published tariff schedule. Hat Shapes Made by Plaiting or Assembling Strips imports of $345K in August 2026 ran 45% below the year-to-date monthly average of $624K.
Last updated: August 2026 dataEcuador's presence among the top suppliers is the defining commercial signal for this heading: the country is the origin of the genuine Panama hat, whose woven-strip construction from toquilla palm fiber classifies here as an unfinished hat shape. China leads overall volume, with Italy, Vietnam, and Indonesia also supplying. The heading covers only unblocked, brimless, unlined, and untrimmed shapes — once a plaited hat shape is blocked, lined, or trimmed, it advances to heading 6504. The US schedule separates sewed shapes in vegetable fiber or paper yarn (6502002000), unsewed/unbleached/uncolored vegetable fiber shapes (6502004000), paper shapes (6502006030 and 6502006060), and man-made fiber shapes (6502009030), among others.
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Heading 6502 covers hat shapes that are neither blocked to their final form, nor fitted with made brims, nor lined, nor trimmed. As soon as any one of those finishing operations is performed — blocking to a head shape, adding a sewn brim, inserting a lining, or attaching a band or decoration — the article advances to heading 6504 as a finished or semi-finished hat. Importers receiving partially finished shapes should document the production stage carefully to support the correct heading.
Bleaching or coloring alone does not move a hat shape out of heading 6502 — the heading explicitly includes such shapes. The relevant 10-digit lines 6502006030 (paper, bleached or colored, not sewed) and 6502006060 (other materials, bleached or colored, not sewed) confirm this. The shape remains in 6502 as long as it has not been blocked to a final head shape, fitted with a made brim, lined, or trimmed.
Subheading 1 of 1 in heading 6502
Subheading 650200 · $345K of $345K
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HS10 import codes under this HS6 parent, each with its own page. Source: U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
| Code | Description | Imports for consumption | Average duty rate | Dutiable Share | Duty Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6502006030 | Paper Hat Shapes, Bleached or Colored, Not Sewed | $227K | 35.08% | 100.00% | $80K |
| 6502002000 | Sewed Hat Shapes; Vegtb Fibers, Paper Yarn or Combos | $43K | 14.29% | 100.00% | $6K |
| 6502009060 | Hat Shapes of Other Materials, Plait/Assmbld Strips | $43K | 17.85% | 88.29% | $8K |
| 6502006060 | Hat Shapes(Ex Paper), Bleached or Colored, Not Sewed | $30K | 10.00% | 100.00% | $3K |
| 6502004000 | Hat Shapes, Not Sewed/Blchd/Colord; Veg Fib, Papr Yrn | $1K | 41.49% | 100.00% | $561 |
| 6502009030 | Hat Shapes of Man-Made Fibers, Plait/Assmbld Strip | — | -- | -- | -- |
HS10 export codes under this HS6 parent, each with its own page. Source: U.S. Schedule B export classification.
| Code | Description | Export Value |
|---|---|---|
| 6502000000 | Hat Shapes, Plaited or Assembld Strips Any Material | $152K |
Import lines come from the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule and export lines from Schedule B. The two are numbered by different agencies, so the same 10-digit code can appear in both tables describing a different product.
ImportsExports
Imports
$345KYoY · free account
Exports
$152KYoY · free account
12-mo low · imports
Low · free accountOver the twelve months to August 2026, the U.S. imported $8.8M of Hat Shapes Made by Plaiting or Assembling Strips and exported $1.6M.
Fewer than 6 of the last 12 months reported trade, or the latest month was under $500K; the trend chart is not shown for thin series.
Through August 2026. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Imports · August 2026
origin
China and Ecuador together supply 98% of it. China pays 35.4% duty; Canada 0.0%.
customs district
destination
entry
rate provision · imports
1.5% enters free of duty; duty collected equals 28.15% of imports for consumption.