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Live Chinchilla from Japan

A fluffy rodent from the Andes, bred as pets and for fur. HTS 0106.19.91 covers it as an 'other' live mammal not fitting specific subheadings like hamsters. Primarily imported live for pet or breeding purposes.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter

Import Tips

• Provide dust bath materials in shipment to meet welfare standards during import quarantine

• Label pedigree if purebred to facilitate entry, though animal certificate of pure breeding is obsolete