Aluminum Soup Spoon with Wooden Handle from Mexico
A large soup spoon crafted from lightweight aluminum with a smooth wooden handle for comfortable grip. Classified under HTS 8215.99.4060 for spoons with nonmetal handles and non-stainless base metal. The aluminum bowl and wooden handle fit the 'other' criteria excluding stainless steel.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
30%
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
• Provide certificates of material analysis showing aluminum content and wood species to confirm non-stainless base metal handle exclusion
• Label products clearly with country of origin and material breakdown to comply with customs valuation rules
• Watch for misdeclaration as stainless steel, which requires separate plating thickness documentation