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%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%
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