Rough Cast Iron Piston Casting from China
Unfinished cast-iron piston blank for spark-ignition engines, cleaned and trimmed only for gates/risers removal and fixture location, awaiting skirt and crown machining. Designed principally for internal combustion piston engines in headings 8407/8408. HTS 8409.91.10 applies to this minimally processed foundry output.
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
• Ensure no wrist pin bores are drilled; such features move classification to 8409.99
• Use dimensional reports comparing to final specs to prove 'not advanced beyond cleaning' status
• Avoid common error of shipping with trial fits—pure rough castings only for this code