Blank Magnetic Stripe Phone Card from Japan
Prepaid telephone cards with blank magnetic stripes for value encoding by distributors. HTS 8523.21.00.00 classifies these as magnetic media cards for telecommunication value recording. PVC with holographic security.
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
• Specify remaining talk time encoding capacity in technical description
• Security holograms don't affect primary magnetic media classification
• Pre-encoded versions still classify here, not as money