Salt Cake By-Product from HCl Production from Japan
Crystalline salt cake generated as waste from the Mannheim process for hydrochloric acid manufacture from sodium chloride. Specifically provided for under HTS 2833.11.10.00 as 'salt cake,' distinguishing it from purified sodium sulfate.
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
• Supplier certification required proving by-product origin for proper valuation; check for chloride impurities affecting classification
• Common issue: recycled content documentation