Steel Bodkin Lacing Tool from China
A blunt-ended steel rod with eyelet for threading laces through fabric eyelets or corsets. As a traditional hand tool 'bodkin...for use in the hand, of iron or steel', it fits HTS 7319.90.90.00. Used primarily in costume making and upholstery work.
Duty Rate — China → United States
20.4%
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
• Document historical sewing tool usage to avoid classification as generic probing instruments
• Ensure fully steel construction; wooden-handled versions may enter under tool handles
• Avoid bulk packaging that suggests industrial threading machine component use