Stoneware Dinner Set with Platinum Trim from Japan

A complete 12-piece stoneware dinner set including plates, bowls, cups, saucers, platter, vegetable dish, sugar bowl, and creamer, all in a matching platinum-edged pattern. This set qualifies for HTS 6912.00.39.50 as stoneware tableware available in specified sets where the aggregate value of the required articles exceeds $38 per set. Stoneware is defined as ceramic ware with clay, absorbing ≤3% water, and naturally opaque.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

14.5%

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

Import Tips

Verify the set includes all articles listed in U.S

Note 6(b) in the same pattern and calculate aggregate value per set; provide pattern catalog or sales listings as proof

Test water absorption (≤3%) via ASTM C373 to confirm stoneware classification

Avoid mixing cast/jiggered ratios exceeding 1:5 to prevent average absorption reclassification