Hollow Glass Spheres for Spectacle Segments from Japan
Precision hollow glass spheres and their segments designed for manufacturing corrective spectacle glasses, unworked optically. HTS 7015.90.50.00 covers these specifically for such production, in unfinished form.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Include technical drawings showing use in spectacle manufacture to support 'for the manufacture of such glasses' criterion
• Test for fused silica inclusion; schedule notes treat it as glass throughout