Zirconium Scrap from Nuclear Reactor Components from China
Waste zirconium material recovered from decommissioned nuclear fuel cladding, containing less than 1 part hafnium per 500 parts zirconium by weight. Classified under HTS 8109.31.00.00 as zirconium waste and scrap due to its low hafnium content and unsuitability for direct reuse without refining. This scrap is commonly recycled for new zirconium alloy production.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
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)
Import Tips
• ,Include material safety data sheets (MSDS) due to potential radioactivity from nuclear origins
• Avoid misclassification as unwrought zirconium (8109.21) by documenting scrap condition