Exhausted Cadmium Hearing Aid Batteries from Germany
Miniature spent NiCd or silver-cadmium cells from medical hearing aids, no longer providing voltage due to electrolyte dry-out. 8549.12.8000 for cadmium-containing spent cells.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Include medical device decommissioning certificates; handle as infectious waste if from hospitals; segregate from zinc-air types