316LVM Stainless Steel Implant Tubing 1.8mm OD from China
Vacuum-melted 316LVM stainless steel seamless cold-drawn tubing at 1.8 mm OD for surgical implants and guidewires. Classified in HTS 7304.41.30.45 for small-diameter cold-formed stainless tubes of circular section. Meets iron/steel seamless definition excluding cast iron.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
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
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
• Certify vacuum melting process for implant grade; declare exact alloy to match stainless duties
• Pitfall: shipping in sets with tools risks 'parts of sets' reclassification