Analysis
HTS 2822.00.00 covers cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides under heading 2822 (cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
The general duty rate is 0.1% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 28 (30th percentile of 274 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $10 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
For statistics it divides in two: 2822.00.00.10 for cobalt(II, III) oxide (cobalt tetroxide) and 2822.00.00.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
It is the only US line under subheading 2822.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 2822.00 points straight here.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 0.1%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2822.00.00.10 | Cobalt(II, III) oxide (cobalt tetroxide) | kg | |
| 2822.00.00.90 | Other | kg |