Brass Decorative Foil Laminated Paperboard from Germany
Printed brass foil (0.09 mm) laminated to paperboard for book covers and packaging. Copper-zinc backed foil under HTS 7410.22.00.00, thickness excluding backing ≤0.15 mm.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
51.5%
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
• Lamination to paperboard qualifies as backed; foil must be principal layer
• Printing for decoration allowed; avoid 'converted' claims shifting to Chapter 48/49
• Test alloy content; low zinc may reclassify as refined copper