Fire-Resistant Coated Cork Insulation Disks from China
Solid cylindrical disks of compressed cork with intumescent coating for pipe insulation and fire barriers. Classified in HTS 4504.10.20.00 as insulation disks explicitly covered under compressed cork provisions. The coating activates in high heat for added safety.
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
• Provide fire rating certifications (e.g
• ASTM E84) to validate insulation and coating claims
• Declare if disks fit 'solid cylinders including disks' precisely to match the tariff description
• Monitor coating thickness; functional coatings stay in 4504, decorative may shift to Chapter 32 paints