“The United States is unique in taxing women's underwear more heavily than women,” wrote Gresser, a former U.S. trade official and current director of Trade and Markets. Global.
Most international tariff systems have flat rates applied to all underwear, regardless of gender. In Australia, this rate is 5%; and 10% in New Zealand; 18% in Canada; 20% in Colombia and Jamaica; 25% in India, 30% in Thailand and 45% in South Africa. In Japan and the European Union, women are taxed at a lower rate.
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In Brazil, there is no distinction between men's and women's clothing, which (including underwear) are classified as garments. The amount charged in fees for this category in our country is 34.67%.
Gresser stated that the United States is the only one that taxes women's underwear at higher rates in compared to men's, although general US customs rates are in line with those of other countries.
According to a study by the US International Trade Commission, the tariff issue goes beyond clothes intimate clothing, as two thirds of the total tariff burden for all clothing products falls on products feminine.
