Importer Seeks Duty-Free Treatment for Mastectomy Brassieres
Importer Amoena USA Corp. wants the Court of International Trade to find that its mastectomy brassieres of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 6212.10.90, dutiable at 16.9%, should properly be classified as the duty-free subheading of 9021.39.0000, according to a July 14…
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complaint. The former subheading covers "other brassieres of manmade fiber," while the importer's preferred subheading covers "Orthopedic appliances artificial parts of the body; parts and accessories thereof: Other artificial parts of the body and parts and accessories thereof: Other." Mastectomy brassieres are an accessory for artificial breasts for women who have had mastectomies. The brassieres are used to hold the artificial breast in position and are predominantly sold in medical settings, the complaint said. Since they are "principally used as accessories of artificial breast forms" they should be classified in Chapter 90 of the HTS, Amoena said (Amoena USA Corp. v. United States, CIT #20-00100).