Pitch-Bonded Magnesia-Carbon Slide Gate Plate from China
Refractory slide gate plate for steel ladles, featuring >75% magnesia, 15% graphite carbon, and pitch chemical bonding for high-temperature steel flow control. Enables precise molten metal regulation in secondary metallurgy. Classified in 6815.91.0011 for its magnesia-dominant, carbon-added, pitch-bonded structure.
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
• Customs requires proof of pitch/resin as exclusive binder—avoid hydraulic bond confusion
• Declare exact dimensions; large plates risk 6902 classification as formed refractories