Exposed 35mm Kodak Gold 200 Film from Japan
Consumer-grade color negative film produced in US, exposed on foreign backpacking trips. Falls under HTS 9802.00.2000 as US-manufactured film for personal photography exposed internationally. Returned for casual home processing.
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
• Multiple rolls from same trip declared together with unified documentation
• Casual consumer film clearly qualifies as non-commercial use
• Timestamp photos or travel logs support exposure-abroad claim