Stainless Steel Dinner Fork with Nickel-Content Handle from Mexico
A table fork featuring a stainless steel blade and handle alloyed with nickel content exceeding 10% by weight of manganese, designed for everyday dining use. Classified under HTS 8215.99.0500 due to its fork form with qualifying stainless steel handle composition per chapter notes. Excludes sets with knives that would shift to heading 8215 base classification.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
33.5%
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 handle alloy certification showing nickel presence or >10% manganese via mill test reports to avoid reclassification
• Ensure no pairing with knives to prevent set classification under heading 8215 rules
• Label as tableware, not cutlery sets, for proper entry