Urban Effluent Pre-Treatment Sludge from Japan
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 — 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
• 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