OK, here's the bad news: I talked with the Int'l Trade commission (very nice people BTW). And Kilts DO fall under tariff rules. Poor kilts fall under the catagory of :


6211 (con.) Track suits, ski-suits and swimwear; other garments (con.):
Other garments, men's or boys' (con.):
6211.39 Of other textile materials:
6211.39.05 Of wool or fine animal hair . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 12%
51 Other (459) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . doz.

That 12% is the dreaded number. That's the tariff applied to kilts.

Why we kilt-wearers fall under the heading of track suits and "other" is beyond me. We should at least get our own category. Contact your congress-person and protest! Better yet, perhaps we should all start a letter writing campaign to exempt the kilt from tariff rules :-)

Here's the websites FYI:

http://usitc.gov/tata/hts/

http://usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/index.htm

And their phone number: 202-205-2000