Family Mold for Consumer Product Set from Germany
Multi-part family injection mold producing lid, base, and handle simultaneously for storage container sets. HTS 8480.71.8045 for injection type plastics mold despite multi-product cavities. Efficient for matched component production.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
15%
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
9903.05.900%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
• Prove functional interrelation of cavities to justify family mold classification
• Runner balancing specs critical for uniform fill documentation
• Avoid declaring as mold set; single unit despite multiple products