Print Shop Single Edge Razor Blade for Plate Cleaning from Japan
Industrial single edge blade for scraping ink residue from printing plates and cylinders. Under HTS 8205.59.55.05 excluding shaving applications. High polish reduces ink adhesion.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
30.3%
Rate breakdown
9903.82.0925%Except as provided for in headings 9903.82.16, 9903.82.20–9903.82.26 and 9903.85.68, articles of copper and derivative aluminum and steel articles, as provided for in subdivisions (c)(vi)–(viii) and (xi) 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)
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