No. 2 Heavy Melting Shipbreaking Scrap from China
Steel scrap from ship hull plates and frames recovered during shipbreaking, cut and sized to 36-inch maximum with 1/4-inch minimum thickness. Meets HTS 7204.49.00.40 criteria as No. 2 heavy melting scrap suitable for remelting.
Duty Rate — China → United States
25%
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)
9903.05.860%Articles provided for in subdivision (b) of U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Obtain ship disposal certificates and PCB-free declarations mandatory
• Size pieces at origin to avoid expensive resizing; verify with calipers
• Declare asbestos removal; non-compliance leads to quarantine