Titanium Boron Nitride Composite Powder from China
TiBN ternary compound powder for extreme wear coatings. Chemically defined mixed nitride/boride of titanium under HTS 2850.00.07.00. Combines hardness of both phases.
Duty Rate — China → United States
42.4%
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
• Phase composition by Rietveld refinement XRD
• Higher tariff risk if CBP sees as mixture vs. compound
• Solubility tests to prove chemical compound status