Discarded Golf Cart Lead Battery from China

Worn-out 6-volt or 8-volt lead-acid battery from electric golf carts, cracked casing and unable to maintain charge. HTS 8549.11.10 applies as waste/scrap of lead-acid accumulators specifically for lead recovery via acid leaching and metal smelting.

Duty Rate — China → United States

17.5%

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
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 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(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)

Import Tips

Label shipments as 'spent lead-acid batteries for recycling - no free liquid'; obtain state-specific recycler approvals; avoid common pitfall of importing intact batteries mistaken for new under 8507