Mini Tube Cutter from Mexico
A compact hand tool designed for cutting copper and plastic tubing in plumbing applications. It features a ratcheting mechanism and replaceable cutting wheel for precise cuts on pipes up to 1-inch diameter. Classified under HTS 8203.40.60.00 as a pipe cutter, a similar hand tool for metal pipe cutting.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
28.3%
Rate breakdown
9903.82.0925%Except as provided for in headings 9903.82.16 and 9903.85.68, articles of copper and derivative aluminum and steel articles, as provided for in subdivisions (c)(vi)–(viii) of U.S. note 16 to this subchapter
9903.03.060%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; and semiconductor articles, of any country, as provided in subdivision (aa)(v) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Verify tool meets hand-operated criteria, not power tools; include material composition (e.g
• steel) in documentation; ensure no electric components to avoid reclassification