Cotton T-shirts: US importers & duty snapshot
Selling cotton t-shirts into the United States? Before chasing buyers you need the landed-cost floor: what US Customs actually charges on HTS 6109.10.00.04. This page pairs the live rate with shipment-chain leads computed from official customs filings — built because exporters keep asking who is buying, not just what the duty is.
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Duty snapshot — HTS 6109.10.00.04
| Item | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| HTS line | 6109.10.00.04 | T-shirts, all white, short hemmed sleeves, hemmed bottom, crew or round neckline, or V-neck with a mitered seam at the center of the V, without pockets, trim or embroidery (352) |
| General (Column 1) | 16.5% | Official USITC schedule, October 9, 2026 extract |
| Duty on $10,000 (CN origin) | $1,650 | Ad-valorem on the customs value |
| Chapter 99 add-ons | None on this line | No trade-remedy stacking applies here |
| FTA partners at 0% | 14 programs | Qualifying origins enter duty-free under Column 1-special |
| Reporting unit | doz.; kg | Quantity measure required on the entry summary |
Source: ExportSonar HTS extract (USITC rebuild of October 9, 2026), pulled live via our public tariff API (/api/v1/tariff?hs=6109.10.00.04&origin=CN&value=10000) and archived with its fetch timestamp for auditability.
Why we publish “t-shirt wholesale buyers USA” numbers free
Search intent around t-shirt wholesale buyers USA is commercial, not academic: freight forwarders, trading houses and brand owners scouting distribution. Tariff calculators answer half the question — the other half is who files entries for cotton t-shirts. Established lead databases charge $50-$1,000/month before you see a single contact. We think pairing free duty data with shipment-chain intelligence serves that intent better — the Shipment Leads link above shows what that looks like in production today.
The numbers above stay free — like every lookup on ExportSonar. No API key, no paywall between you and the rate.
Frequently asked questions
What is the current US duty rate for cotton t-shirts?
HTS line 6109.10.00.04 (T-shirts, all white, short hemmed sleeves, hemmed bottom, crew or round neckline, or V-neck with a mitered seam at the center of the V, without pockets, trim or embroidery (352)) carries a Column 1 general rate of 16.5%. The figure comes from our own USITC schedule extract dated October 9, 2026; Chapter 99 add-ons and entry fees stack separately.
How do I estimate the full landed cost?
Multiply your customs value by the ad-valorem component, add any per-unit amount, then MPF (0.3464%, $34.58 minimum) and HMF (0.125%). As a rule of thumb, a $10,000 shipment taxed at 10% carries $1,000 in base duty before fees.
How do I get the actual list of US importers for cotton t-shirts?
There is no importer-name list for sale here and we do not pretend otherwise. What ships now: the free US duty snapshot on this page, plus Shipment Leads built on the official Chilean Customs export register — named transport-document issuers and carriers per HS line, importer identities pseudonymized at source (NUM_UNICO_IMPORTADOR), provenance on every row.