Document Binding Staples Clips from China
Specialty plastic clips loaded into mechanical staplers for heavy-duty booklet binding in printing operations. Composed of high-impact polystyrene, they are crimped by the machine to fasten paper stacks. These qualify under 3926.90.8500 for plastic fasteners in mechanical attaching clips.
Duty Rate — China → United States
26.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Submit machine compatibility certifications; customs often challenges binding clips without proof
• Declare exact polymer type (e.g
• polystyrene >95% per subheading notes) to prevent copolymer misrouting
• Package in machine-loadable cartridges to demonstrate mechanical use intent