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%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%
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