Thallium-Rich Lead Smelter Residue from China
Slag-like residue from lead smelting containing thallium compounds, employed in thallium extraction or chemical production. HTS 2620.60.90.00 covers such non-iron/steel residues with thallium for industrial metal/compound recovery, per chapter legal definitions.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
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)
Import Tips
• Provide lab assays for thallium content; report pure metal quantity per statistical note requirements
• Include buyer contracts proving use in extraction/chemical manufacture to satisfy Heading 2620 criteria
• Label containers with UN numbers for thallium compounds to expedite CBP hazardous materials processing