Temporarily Strung Grade A Tourmaline Beads from China
High-grade pink tourmaline beads strung temporarily on fishing line for safe overseas transport and sorting by color variation. HTS 7116.20.30.00 precisely matches as graded non-rock crystal semiprecious stones strung only for transport facilitation.
Duty Rate — China → United States
19.6%
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
• Use standardized grading (e.g
• GIA scale) and include lab reports; subjective grading invites disputes
• Ship in non-retail quantities (>1000 beads/strand) to reinforce bulk transport purpose
• Monitor for reconstruction; note 9 excludes synthetic/reconstructed from natural jewelry defs but affects this if misdeclared