Mercuric Iodide Red from Japan
Red mercuric iodide serves as a semiconductor material and in photography. As a defined inorganic mercury halide compound, it imports under HTS 2852.90.90.00.
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
• Screen against CWC Schedule 3 chemicals; obtain export licenses if applicable
• Use secondary containment for light-sensitive shipments
• Purity analysis required to exclude organo-mercury impurities