Titanium Tetrachloride from Japan
Titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) is a colorless fuming liquid used in titanium metal production and smoke screens. Though titanium is a metal, it's classified here as a halide of a transition nonmetal-like compound under 2812.90 per HTS practice. Chemically defined per Chapter 28.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%
Import Tips
• UN1838 corrosive; moisture-sensitive—ship in sealed glass-lined steel drums
• TSCA premanufacture notice if new use; verify aerospace end-use exemptions
• Distinguish from metal powders (2827) by liquid anhydrous form