Lithium Metal Ribbons from Germany
Thin ribbon-form lithium metal, an alkali metal used in battery anodes and pharmaceutical intermediates. HTS 2805.19.90 applies to this pure, unalloyed form excluding aqueous or specific solutions. Distinguished from lithium compounds in other chapters.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
5.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.860%Articles provided for in subdivision (b) of U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Provide spectrographic analysis confirming >99% lithium content to support classification
• Use fire-retardant packaging; lithium is pyrophoric in air
• Monitor for intermixing with rare-earths which could shift to 2805.30