6204.23.00.20 - Blouses and shirts (440) 🖩

This HTS classification covers blouses and shirts designed for women and girls, specifically those falling within ensembles manufactured from synthetic fibers, and containing 36 percent or more by weight of wool or fine animal hair. These garments are part of a broader classification for women's or girls' suits, ensembles, and separates. The "blouses and shirts" designation within this specific subcategory distinguishes them from other components of ensembles or separate items of apparel that might be classified elsewhere.

Unlike sibling categories such as "garments described in heading 6202; jackets and blazers described in heading 6204," skirts, divided skirts, or trousers, breeches, and shorts, this HTS code is strictly for the upper body garments of a specific fabric composition. The classification hinges on the garment type being a blouse or shirt, its intended recipient being women or girls, its inclusion within a synthetic fiber ensemble that meets the wool content criteria, and its exclusion from being a jacket, blazer, skirt, or trousers.

As this is a leaf node in the HTS classification system, there are no further subcategories. Therefore, the practical application of this code relies on accurately identifying the garment as a blouse or shirt and confirming its material composition and context within the broader classification framework for women's and girls' apparel. The presence of 36% or more wool or fine animal hair in synthetic fiber ensembles is the key defining characteristic that differentiates these blouses and shirts from other potential classifications within Chapter 62.