High-Purity Refined Borax for Metallurgy from China
High-purity refined disodium tetraborate used as flux in non-ferrous metal soldering and brazing. Under HTS 2840.19.00.00 as other refined borax, chemically defined per Chapter 28. Not a cermet or sintered carbide excluded by note 6(g).
Duty Rate — China → United States
37.6%
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)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Certify low impurity for flux grade; invoice specifies metallurgy end-use
• Pitfall: Flux mixtures become 3810.10
• Comply with OSHA boron handling