Pitch-Bonded Magnesia-Carbon Slide Gate Plate from Germany
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 — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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