Steel Matting Needles from Mexico
Flexible steel needles with twisted construction for palm leaf matting by hand. These hand tools qualify under HTS 7319.90.90.00 as sewing needles of iron or steel. Traditional for basketry and mat weaving.
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 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
• Document cultural/handcraft origin to prevent agricultural tool classification
• Twist construction specs confirm wire-forming under Chapter notes
• Separate from rigid palm tools used in thatching