Battery-Grade Lithium Carbonate Li2CO3 from China
Ultra-high purity lithium carbonate (≥99.5% Li2CO3) specifically for lithium battery precursor synthesis. Falls under HTS 2836.91.0050 as other lithium carbonates meeting chemically defined criteria.
Duty Rate — China → United States
28.7%
Rate breakdown
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)
9903.03.030%Articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa)(ii) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Battery passport requirements emerging; include supply chain traceability documentation
• Test for metallic impurities (Na, K <20ppm); critical for cathode performance
• Avoid declaring as 'medicinal' - pharmaceutical lithium carbonate uses different statistical suffix