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Discarded Golf Cart Lead Battery from Japan

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 — 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

• 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