Personal Cookbook Collection from Japan
75 cookbooks with food stains and margin notes from daily use in Spanish kitchen over 16 months. Falls under HTS 9804.00.05 as books actually used abroad by owner/family over one year.
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
• Highlight stains, notes as proof of culinary use,Group with kitchen utensils as household set,Avoid pristine condition books suggesting new purchase