Lustrous Black Earthenware Bowl from Japan
A serving bowl of fine-grained earthenware with reddish body and solidly colored black lustrous glaze from metallic salts, per HTS 6912.00.10.00. Fired to ceramic standards, it absorbs >3% water defining earthenware. Suitable for kitchenware with decorative yet functional finish.
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
• Submit photos and chemical analysis of glaze to customs proving brown-black color via oxide/salt
• Declare as single articles or sets per US notes; pots with lids count as one for value purposes