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NCM811 Lithium Nickel Cobalt Manganese Oxide Cathode Powder from China

High-nickel NCM811 cathode active material composed of lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxides (LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2), used in lithium-ion battery production. This fine powder mixture falls under HTS 3824.99.3910 as a mixture of two or more inorganic compounds specifically of lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxides, not elsewhere specified. It serves as the key electrochemical component in high-energy-density EV batteries.

Duty Rate — China → United States

35%

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
9903.88.0325%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)

Import Tips

Obtain REACH or TSCA pre-registration for cathode precursors; provide detailed chemical composition certificates showing NCM ratios; ensure particle size specs match declaration to avoid reclassification as simple oxides