Steel Bodkin Lacing Tool from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
52.9%
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 of aluminum, of steel or of copper or derivative aluminum or steel articles; passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans and cargo vans) and light trucks; parts of passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans and cargo vans) and light trucks; medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; parts of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; wood products; patented pharmaceutical articles; and semiconductor articles, as provided in subdivision (f) of U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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