3825.20.00.00/Urban Effluent Pre-Treatment Sludge/Germany

Urban Effluent Pre-Treatment Sludge from Germany

Sludge from physio-chemical pre-treatment stages of municipal sewage, including coagulant precipitates. HTS 3825.20.00.00 per chapter note explicitly naming 'pre-treatment waste' from urban effluent plants as sewage sludge.

Duty Rate — Germany → United States

10%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.3910%Section 301 (forced labor) — European Union member state (col1 rate < 10 percent): MFN < 10% → total duty capped at 10%

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Import Tips

• Submit coagulant dosing records and settleability tests; obtain cross-border waste movement consents (Basel Convention); test for heavy metals from industrial contributions in urban mix