Pelikan Souverän M800 Fountain Pen from China
Pelikan Souverän M800 is a piston-filled fountain pen with a striped celluloid body and gold nib, renowned for its piston mechanism. It qualifies for HTS 9608.30.00 as a 'fountain pen' with traditional ink filling. Excludes ballpoint variants of the same series.
Duty Rate — China → United States
20.2%
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
• Piston mechanisms must be functional; broken ones may be reclassified as parts under 9609
• EU-origin pens (Germany) benefit from trade agreements; attach certificates for preferential duties
• Ensure no exclusion for musical or optical parts per Chapter notes; pure writing instruments only