Porcelain Butter Dish from China
A covered porcelain butter dish designed for storing butter on the dining table, made from high-fired porcelain with low water absorption (under 0.5%) and translucent body. It falls under HTS 6911.90.00.50 as household tableware other than specified sets or common items like plates and cups. The white porcelain body meets the chapter's definition for chinaware, fired after shaping.
Duty Rate — China → United States
22.9%
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 water absorption ≤0.5% via ASTM C373 test to confirm porcelain classification; provide lab certificates
• Label as 'porcelain' accurately; mislabeling as earthenware can lead to reclassification under 6912
• Avoid importing with chapter 94 furniture sets to prevent exclusion from Chapter 69