Portable Gold Trommel Screen from Japan
A portable rotary drum screen designed for washing and screening placer gold deposits and alluvial ores in remote mining sites. It sorts and separates gold-bearing gravel from finer sediments using water and mechanical agitation, fitting under HTS 8474.10.0010 as portable sorting, screening, and washing machinery for mineral substances in solid form.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Verify portability certification (e.g
• under 500 lbs, wheeled/mountable) to qualify under this subheading; stationary units shift to 8474.10.0090
• Include mining equipment origin certificates and ensure no hazardous materials in construction to avoid EPA scrutiny