Cal Hypo Tablets for Spa Sanitization from Japan
3-inch calcium hypochlorite tablets (65% chlorine) designed to dissolve slowly in spas and hot tubs for continuous sanitization. This product is classified in HTS 2828.10.00.00 as other calcium hypochlorites in commercial form, not as a finished preparation. Tablets provide controlled release to maintain safe water chemistry.
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
• Certify tablet composition avoids organic stabilizers per Chapter 28 notes; use child-resistant packaging labels
• Pitfall: incorrect declaration as 'pool chemical' leading to reclassification