Stainless Steel Salad Serving Fork from Mexico
A larger fork with stainless steel handle for serving salads at dining tables, featuring wide tines for gripping greens. Classified under HTS 8215.99.1500 for its stainless steel handle as 'other forks' in tableware. Excludes specialized fish or butter forks.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
29.8%
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
• Provide serving size specifications to distinguish from eating forks and prevent undervaluation disputes
• Ensure country-of-melt origin labeling for stainless steel per Trade Agreements Act requirements
• Watch for pitfalls in bulk packaging which might classify as industrial rather than retail tableware