Sailor Pro Gear Fountain Pen from China
Sailor Pro Gear fountain pens offer specialty nibs like nagihama for expressive writing, using bottled ink. This HTS 9608.30.0039 covers such Japanese fountain pens not fitting ballpoint or marker categories. They emphasize craftsmanship in resin bodies and gold nibs.
Duty Rate — China → United States
22.7%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 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
• Specify nib grind (e.g
• broad, italic) on commercial docs to justify 'other' fountain pen status
• Obtain certificates for 18k gold nibs to handle precious metal declarations correctly
• Avoid bundling with ink bottles, as liquids may trigger separate chemical classifications