Stainless Steel Beverage Straw Tubing from Mexico
Welded thin-walled stainless steel tubing cut to straw lengths, circular cross-section under 1.65mm wall for reusable drink straws. HTS 7306.40.1090 applies to other welded stainless tubes not fitting precision exclusions. Common in consumer goods.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
50%
Rate breakdown
9903.82.0250%Except as provided for in headings 9903.82.14, 9903.85.67 and 9903.85.68, articles of aluminum, of steel or of copper and derivative aluminum or steel articles, as provided for in subdivisions (c)(i)–(v) of U.S. note 16 to this subchapter
9903.05.900%Articles already subject to Section 232 (steel/aluminum/copper + derivatives, autos + parts, wood, medium/heavy vehicles + parts, semiconductors, patented pharma) — U.S. note 52(f)
Import Tips
• Label as unfinished tubing if cut lengths; finished straws with bends may shift to other headings
• Food-grade certs (e.g
• FDA 21 CFR 177) required; test for nickel leaching common pitfall
• Declare as tubes, not profiles, to avoid Chapter 73 hollow profile misclassification