Credit Card Magnetic Stripe Blank from China
Blank PVC cards with high-coercivity magnetic stripes are supplied unrecorded for financial institutions to encode account data. They are classified under tariff item 8523.21.10 as cards incorporating an unrecorded magnetic stripe, which is a magnetic medium for recording financial phenomena. The high-coercivity stripe is designed for secure data storage.
Duty Rate — China → Canada
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Import Tips
• Confirm the magnetic stripe is unrecorded at import; if any test data is pre-encoded, it may be classified as recorded
• Provide a product specification sheet showing the high-coercivity stripe and blank state to customs
• Be aware that financial institution encoding occurs after import, so the cards must be unrecorded at the border