Steel Security Seals for Shipping Containers from Mexico
Heavy-duty steel bolt seals for securing container doors during ocean freight. HTS 8309.90.0080 covers steel seals as base metal packing accessories.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
27.6%
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
• C-TPAT validation helpful; provide tensile strength test results
• Distinguish from ISO container fittings in 7309
• Numbered seals require tracking manifests for customs