Natural Rubber Expansion Joints for Piping from China
Flexible connectors made of vulcanized natural rubber to absorb thermal expansion in plumbing or industrial pipes. Classified under HTS 4016.99.35 as other natural rubber articles, not basic tubes due to bellows shaping. Excludes hard rubber and pipe fittings of other chapters.
Duty Rate — China → United States
37.5%
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
• Certify pressure ratings and rubber composition for customs review
• Distinguish from plastic (Chapter 39) via material tests
• Declare as rubber, not Chapter 73 metal pipe fittings if rubber dominant