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PKM General Purpose Machine Gun from Japan

The PKM is a Soviet-designed 7.62x54mmR belt-fed machine gun known for its reliability in sustained fire roles. It falls under HTS 9301.90.90.30 as a machine gun due to automatic firing mechanism and high cyclic rate. Excludes non-military arms and those in heading 9307.

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

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