Mercuric Sulfate from China
Mercuric sulfate is a white crystalline inorganic compound of mercury used in analytical chemistry and gold extraction processes. Classified in HTS 2852.90.90.00 as an other inorganic mercury compound, meeting the 'chemically defined' criteria from Chapter 28 and 29 notes.
Duty Rate — China → United States
40.5%
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
• Declare under EPA Toxic Release Inventory if threshold exceeded; include waste management plans
• Use UN 1621 packaging standards for transport as a toxic solid
• Confirm not a complex salt qualifying for heading 2842 double salts provision