Caribbean Monk Seal Skull from China
Cleaned and articulated skull of the extinct Caribbean monk seal (Neomonachus tropicalis), a rare marine mammal specimen for cetacean studies. Classified in HTS 9705.22.00.00 as an anatomical/zoological collectors' piece of endangered/extinct species.
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
• X-ray verify no modern ivory inlays; include stratigraphic dating if subfossil; declare under 'paleontological' if over 10,000 years old