Lithium Aluminate Powder from China

Lithium aluminate (LiAlO2) fine powder used as solid electrolyte in lithium-ion batteries and breeder blankets in fusion reactors. HTS 2841.90.40.00 covers it as an aluminate salt of oxometallic acid, chemically defined inorganic compound. High purity grade >99.5%.

Duty Rate — China → United States

28.1%

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-grade spec sheet with impurity limits; TSCA notification for new uses

Common issue: lithium content triggers 2836 if mistaken for carbonate

Inert atmosphere packaging