Chapter 28: Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
HTS heading 2844: Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compound…
31 numbered lines under heading 2844, including 23 10-digit statistical lines. The first six digits are the international HS subheading; the general column is the normal US duty rate.
| HTS code | Description | Unit | General | Special | Column 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2844 | Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products: | ||||
| 2844.10 | Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds: | ||||
| 2844.10.10.00 | Uranium metal | kg | 5% | Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 45% |
| 2844.10.20 | Uranium compounds | Free | Free | ||
| 2844.10.20.10 | Oxide | kg | |||
| 2844.10.20.25 | Hexafluoride | kg | |||
| 2844.10.20.55 | Other | kg | |||
| 2844.10.50.00 | Other | kg | 5% | Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL, JO,KR,MA, OM,P, PA,PE,S,SG) | 45% |
| 2844.20.00 | Uranium enriched in U235 and its compounds; plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U235, plutonium or compounds of these products | Free | Free | ||
| Uranium compounds: | |||||
| 2844.20.00.10 | Oxide | kg | |||
| 2844.20.00.20 | Fluorides | kg | |||
| 2844.20.00.30 | Other | kg | |||
| 2844.20.00.50 | Other | kg | |||
| 2844.30 | Uranium depleted in U235 and its compounds; thorium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U235, thorium, or compounds of these products: | ||||
| 2844.30.10.00 | Thorium compounds | kg | 5.5% | Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 35% |
| 2844.30.20 | Uranium compounds | Free | Free | ||
| 2844.30.20.10 | Oxide | kg | |||
| 2844.30.20.20 | Fluorides | kg | |||
| 2844.30.20.50 | Other | kg | |||
| 2844.30.50 | Other | 5% | Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 45% | |
| 2844.30.50.10 | Uranium metal | kg | |||
| 2844.30.50.50 | Other | kg | |||
| Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of subheading 2844.10, 2844.20 or 2844.30; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues: | |||||
| 2844.41.00.00 | Tritium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing tritium or its compounds | kg | Free | Free | |
| 2844.42.00.00 | Actinium-225, actinium-227, californium-253, curium-240, curium-241, curium-242, curium-243, curium-244, einsteinium-253, einsteinium-254, gadolinium-148, polonium-208, polonium-209, polonium-210, radium-223, uranium-230 or uranium-232, and their compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements or compounds | GBq | Free | Free | |
| 2844.43.00 | Other radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds; other alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds | Free | Free | ||
| 2844.43.00.10 | Elements, isotopes and compounds with cobalt-60 radioactivity only | GBq | |||
| Other elements, isotopes and compounds: | |||||
| 2844.43.00.21 | Americium-241, californium-252, cesium-137, gadolinium-153, idium-192, promethium-147, radium-226, selenium-75, or ytterbium-169 | GBq | |||
| 2844.43.00.28 | Other | GBq | |||
| 2844.43.00.50 | Other | kg | |||
| 2844.44.00.00 | Radioactive residues | kg | Free | Free | |
| 2844.50.00.00 | Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors | kg | Free | Free |
Statistical (10-digit) lines without a rate use the rate of the 8-digit line above them. Additional duties such as Section 301 and Section 232 may apply; check them with the tariff checker.
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