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Aluminum Dross Road Chip Seal from Japan

Crushed aluminum dross macadam sized for chip seal surface treatments on rural roads. HTS 2517.20.00.00 explicitly includes dross as industrial waste for road metalling.

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

• Specify #4-#8 chip size range in shipping manifests for classification verification

• Salt content testing required due to inherent chlorides in aluminum dross

• Anti-corrosion treatment docs needed for steel ship holds