Leucite Ceramic Raw Material from China
Natural leucite crystals separated for specialty glass-ceramics like cooktop panels and dental porcelains. HTS 2529.30.0050 'other' covers beneficiated leucite maintaining crystalline structure. Provides nucleation sites for controlled crystallization.
Duty Rate — China → United States
37.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• XRD patterns required proving leucite phase vs. amorphous glass misclassification
• Dental applications need FDA prior notice even as raw material import
• Small particle sizes risk Chapter 2517 'mica splittings' confusion per statistical notes