6210.50.22.20 - Trousers, breeches and shorts (748) 🖩

This HTS classification, 6210.50.22.20, specifically designates women's or girls' trousers, breeches, and shorts that are made up of fabrics from headings 5602, 5603, 5903, 5906, or 5907. These garments fall under the broader category of recreational performance outerwear, implying they are designed for athletic or leisure activities and are not of a purely formal or everyday nature. The critical defining characteristic of this subcategory is its fiber content, requiring 70 percent or more by weight to be silk or silk waste.

Distinguishing this classification from its siblings, 6210.50.22.30 covers overalls and coveralls, which are distinct in their full-body coverage. The sibling 6210.50.22.40 encompasses "other" recreational performance outerwear that does not fit into the more specific trousers/breeches/shorts or overalls/coveralls categories. Therefore, 6210.50.22.20 is exclusively for lower-body garments within this performance outerwear segment, differentiated by the specific silk content.

As this node is a leaf node in the HTS database, there are no further subdivisions. Classification under 6210.50.22.20 hinges on the garment's form (trousers, breeches, or shorts), its intended use as recreational performance outerwear, its construction from specific man-made or coated textile fabrics, and crucially, the predominance of silk or silk waste in its fiber composition by weight.