Emulsion Explosive Blasting Sticks from China
Water-in-oil emulsion high explosives packaged in plastic tubes or sticks for underground mining blasts. These are cap-sensitive explosives formulated for reliable detonation in wet conditions common in tunneling. HTS 3602.00.0030 covers these as high explosives put up in forms suitable for blasting.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 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(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Verify emulsion stability certificates from manufacturer; use temperature-controlled shipping to prevent separation; avoid dual-use classification errors by specifying blasting end-use in import docs