PVC Garden Hose with Brass Fittings from China
A flexible vulcanized rubber garden hose equipped with brass couplings and nozzles for water delivery in residential landscaping. Classified under HTS 4009.12.00.50 as a tube or hose of vulcanized rubber (not hard) with fittings, not reinforced with other materials. The 'other' subheading applies to non-automotive or non-air hose variants.
Duty Rate — China → United States
20%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 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
• Verify rubber composition meets vulcanized rubber definition per Chapter 40 notes; provide lab test reports if questioned
• Ensure fittings are integral (e.g
• crimped or threaded); loose fittings may shift to heading 4009.11 without fittings