High-Purity Quartz Chunks from Japan
Selected quartz chunks with over 99.9% SiO2 purity, minimally processed for electronics industry feedstock. HTS 2506.10.00 covers this as unworked quartz other than sands. Essential raw material for semiconductor-grade silicon.
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
• Include purity lab certificates; declare exact SiO2 content to justify classification
• Pitfall: contamination claims can trigger 2508 if deemed mineral mixtures