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Vacuum Forming Platen Casting from Japan

Aluminum cast platen for vacuum forming machines used in producing plastic packaging and automotive trim. HTS 8477.90.25.80 includes platens for plastics thermoforming equipment. Features integrated heating channels and vacuum ports.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

18.1%

Rate breakdown

9903.82.1015%Except as provided for in headings 9903.82.12, 9903.82.17 and 9903.85.68, derivative aluminum and steel articles with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 15 percent, as provided for in subdivision (f) 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

Certify aluminum alloy composition and heat treatment; provide vacuum specification data; watch for aluminum tariff applicability