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April 2025, question 33
Classification · Classification: GRIs, notes and headings
What is the CLASSIFICATION of a teacup that is made of a porcelain containing 28 percent of tricalcium phosphate, valued at $18.00, and not available in specified sets?
- 6911.10.2500
- 6911.10.3810
- 6911.10.5800
- 6911.10.8010
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CBP's answer: A. A: 6911.10.2500
Note 5(b) to Chapter 69 defines bone chinaware as porcelain with 25 percent or more tricalcium phosphate, so the 28 percent teacup is bone chinaware. It is not available in specified sets (Note 6(a)), so the value of the sets does not apply and the 'Of bone chinaware' 'Other' line 6911.10.2500 is used.
The term "bone chinaware" embraces chinaware or porcelain the body of which contains 25 percent or more of calcined bone or tricalcium phosphate. Chapter 69, Additional U.S. Note 5
no article is classifiable as being "available in specified sets" unless it is of a pattern in which at least the articles listed below Chapter 69, Additional U.S. Note 6
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CBP's key cites: Chapter 69, Additional U.S. Note 5; Chapter 69, Additional U.S. Note 6; HTSUS 6911.10.2500
Question and key from CBP's April 2025 exam and answer key. The walk-through is ours; quotes are from the pinned editions in the reference viewer (HTSUS 2026 Basic, 19 CFR 2025 edition).