Stainless Steel Woven Mesh for Battery Separators from Japan
Coarse woven stainless steel wire cloth (meshes ≤12 wires/cm) serving as durable separators in industrial lead-acid batteries. HTS 7314.14.10.00 covers this as stainless steel woven cloth of the specified type. Wire formed per chapter 'wire' definition.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
50%
Rate breakdown
9903.82.0250%Except as provided for in headings 9903.82.14, 9903.85.67 and 9903.85.68, articles of aluminum, of steel or of copper and derivative aluminum or steel articles, as provided for in subdivisions (c)(i)–(v) of U.S. note 16 to this subchapter
9903.05.900%Articles already subject to Section 232 (steel/aluminum/copper + derivatives, autos + parts, wood, medium/heavy vehicles + parts, semiconductors, patented pharma) — U.S. note 52(f)
Import Tips
• Include battery end-use declaration but classify as cloth unless assembled; test for corrosion resistance
• Avoid parts classification under 8507 if not integrated
• TSCA certification may apply