M18 Claymore Mine from Japan
The M18A1 Claymore is a directional anti-personnel mine with 700 steel balls and Composition B explosive, command-detonated. HTS 9306.90.00.50 classifies it as a mine, which is a munition of war under the 'other' category. Includes complete assembled mines ready for deployment.
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
• ITAR Category IV approval required; UN0020 for booster explosives
• Report components separately if disassembled per chapter notes
• Strict storage under ATF explosives regs