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 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
• C-TPAT validation helpful; provide tensile strength test results
• Distinguish from ISO container fittings in 7309
• Numbered seals require tracking manifests for customs