Australian Premium Zircon 66% from Japan
High-purity zircon concentrate grading 66% ZrO2 from Jacinth-Ambrosia mine, for investment casting shells. Classified HTS 2615.10.00.00 as it's electrostatic and magnetic separated ore, not chemically altered.
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
• Use AFTA certificates for zero duty; specify whiteness index for quality
• Pitfall: color-sorted grades sometimes entered as Chapter 32 pigments