HTS heading · chapter 28
2844
Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products
Analysis
Heading 2844 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products. It divides into 8 six-digit subheadings and 12 eight-digit tariff lines, with 23 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
8 of its 12 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (67%) and 4 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 5.5%. The median line pays duty-free.
The spread of 5.5 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here. The highest rate, 5.5%, applies to 2844.30.10 (uranium depleted in U235 and its compounds…).
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 15th percentile of the headings in chapter 28.
The largest subheadings are 2844.10 (natural uranium and its compounds; alloys…, 3 lines), 2844.30 (uranium depleted in U235 and its compounds…, 3 lines), 2844.20 (unnamed, 1 line) and 2844.41 (unnamed, 1 line).
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2844.10.10 | Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds: uranium metal | 5% |
| 2844.10.20 | Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds: uranium compounds | Free |
| 2844.10.50 | Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds: other | 5% |
| 2844.20.00 | Uranium enriched in U235 and its compounds; plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U235, plutonium or compounds of these products | Free |
| 2844.30.10 | Uranium depleted in U235 and its compounds; thorium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U235, thorium, or compounds of these products: thorium compounds | 5.5% |
| 2844.30.20 | Uranium depleted in U235 and its compounds; thorium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U235, thorium, or compounds of these products: uranium compounds | Free |
| 2844.30.50 | Uranium depleted in U235 and its compounds; thorium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U235, thorium, or compounds of these products: other | 5% |
| 2844.41.00 | Tritium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing tritium or its compounds | Free |
| 2844.42.00 | Actinium-225, actinium-227, californium-253, curium-240, curium-241, curium-242, curium-243, curium-244, einsteinium-253, einsteinium-254, gadolinium-148, polonium-208, polonium-209, polonium-210, radium-223, uranium-230 or uranium-232, and their compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements or compounds | Free |
| 2844.43.00 | Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of subheading 2844.10, 2844.20 or 2844.30; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues: other radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds; other alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds | Free |
| 2844.44.00 | Radioactive residues | Free |
| 2844.50.00 | Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors | Free |