Stoneware Soup Bowl from China
17.5 cm stoneware soup bowls designed for specified tableware sets with aggregate value ≤$38, featuring the required 12 units per pattern. Fired clay bodies absorb <3% water, classifying as stoneware tableware under this HTS code.
Duty Rate — China → United States
22.3%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Substitute cereal bowls if soups unavailable, per U.S
• Note 6(b) substitution rules
• Ensure ratio of cast to jiggered articles if mixed manufacturing methods used
• Avoid Chapter 94 exclusion by confirming tableware primary use, not furniture components