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Brass Loom Healds with Eyes from Japan

Brass healds featuring precisely punched eyes for warp yarn passage, used in conjunction with heald-frames on power looms. Classified in HTS 8448.42.00.00 as healds for weaving machines per hierarchy. Ideal for fine fabric production like silk or apparel textiles.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter

Import Tips

• Provide alloy composition analysis to confirm HTS; declare quantity by dents per cm

• Avoid pitfall of bulk packaging mistaken for scrap metal

• Use invoices showing loom-specific design