Toroidal Stacked Transformer Core Blank from Japan
Pre-cut and stacked ring-shaped silicon steel laminations forming toroidal cores for audio and power transformers. These require final winding but provide precise magnetic paths. Classified as stacked cores under HTS 8504.90.96.38.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
25%
Rate breakdown
9903.82.0925%Except as provided for in headings 9903.82.16, 9903.82.20–9903.82.26 and 9903.85.68, articles of copper and derivative aluminum and steel articles, as provided for in subdivisions (c)(vi)–(viii) and (xi) 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
• Inner/outer diameter tolerances and stack density specs prove toroidal transformer suitability
• Avoid tape-binding laminations, as permanent assembly shifts to other part categories
• Audio-grade cores may face different valuation; separate from power cores in declarations