Silver Powder-Compacted Bar Clad with Platinum from China
Bars formed from silver powder, surface-clad with platinum sheeting via hot-rolling, semimanufactured for sputtering targets. Exceeds powder definition (not 90% through 0.5mm sieve). HTS 7111.00.00.00 as silver clad with platinum.
Duty Rate — China → United States
47.5%
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
• Sieve analysis certificate mandatory to confirm non-powder status per subheading note 1
• Declare compaction method to affirm semimanufactured, not unwrought under 7106
• Watch for re-export processing; clad materials often undervalued in declarations