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Titanium Boron Nitride Composite Powder from Japan

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 — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter

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