Steel Panel Beating Mallet from Mexico
Steel-headed mallet for shaping sheet metal panels by hand in auto body shops. Under HTS 8205.59.55 as other iron/steel handtools (similar to hammers but specified elsewhere). Non-powered.
Duty Rate — Mexico → 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)
Import Tips
• Distinguish from 8205.51 hammers via body shop end-use docs
• Face material certs prevent misclass as base metal
• Avoid sets with dollies per statistical notes