Silver Plated Cake Server from Canada
An elegant silver plated server with a serrated triangular blade for cutting and lifting cake slices at events. It qualifies for HTS 8215.91.90.00 as other tableware plated with precious metal, including cake-servers. The precious plating elevates it from base metal categories.
Duty Rate — Canada → United States
27.7%
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
• Label items clearly as 'plated with precious metal' on packing lists to support tariff claims
• Obtain origin certificates if claiming preferential tariffs under USMCA for plated goods
• Avoid common pitfall of undervaluing plating costs, which can trigger audits