Timex Expedition Scout Quartz Watch from China
The Timex Expedition Scout features an analog display with Indiglo backlight and quartz movement containing no jewels, housed in a stainless steel case. Classified under HTS 9102.99.20 for wristwatches with base metal cases and movements having not over 7 jewels. Its balance wheel and hairspring system fits the chapter definition without jeweled components.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Provide quartz certification and jewel count declaration; Timex movements are typically 0-jewel quartz
• Ensure 'wristwatch' marking on packaging; ambiguous descriptions lead to clock misclassification
• Document case material precisely; stainless steel stays in 9102, but gold plating shifts classification