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Defective Titanium Sponge Fines from Japan

Titanium sponge fines from scrap processing with contamination preventing direct melting. HTS 9817.00.90.80 applies to defective unwrought titanium requiring remelting and purification.

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

• Particle size distribution proving fines cannot be directly usable,Chloride/hard alpha defect analysis documentation,Oxygen content verification excluding primary sponge classification