HTS Index

HTS heading 8309

Stoppers, caps and lids (including crown corks, screw caps and pouring stoppers), capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing accessories, and parts thereof, of base metal — 7 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8309Stoppers, caps and lids (including crown corks, screw caps and pouring stoppers), capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing accessories, and parts thereof, of base metal + Ch. 99not stated
8309.10.00.00Crown corks (including crown seals and caps), and parts thereof + Ch. 99Freekg
8309.90.00Other + Ch. 992.6%
8309.90.00.20For cans of a kind used for the conveyance of beverages as described in statistical note 2 to this chapter + Ch. 992.6% (inherited from 8309.90.00)kg, No.
8309.90.00.25Other + Ch. 992.6% (inherited from 8309.90.00)kg, No.
8309.90.00.80Of steel + Ch. 992.6% (inherited from 8309.90.00)kg, No.
8309.90.00.85Other + Ch. 992.6% (inherited from 8309.90.00)kg, No.

4 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.

Additional duties may apply

7 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.