Meissen Onion Pattern Dinner Service from Japan
Traditional Meissen Blue Onion porcelain set: full specified complement of 12 dinner/salad plates, tea cups/saucers, soups/fruits, large platter, veg bowl, sugar/creamer in iconic pattern, value >$200 aggregate. HTS 6911.10.38.50 for high-value china tableware available in sets. Hard-paste porcelain fired to chapter standards.
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
• Value sets using nearest size equivalents if exact dimensions vary
• Submit absorption test results (ASTM C373)
• Avoid bulk packaging misclass as industrial rather than retail sets