HTS tariff line · chapter 28
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
Analysis
HTS 2844.43.00 covers radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of subheading 2844.10, 2844.20 or 2844.30; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic… under heading 2844 (radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in GBq.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 5.5%. Compared with 2844.30.10 (uranium depleted in U235 and its compounds; thorium and its…), which pays 5.5%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 5.5 percentage points.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 29% of the 274 tariff lines in chapter 28, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325180 (Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing), an industry of 705 US establishments employing 41,447 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2844.43.00.10 | Elements, isotopes and compounds with cobalt-60 radioactivity only | GBq | 325180 |
| 2844.43.00.21 | Americium-241, californium-252, cesium-137, gadolinium-153, idium-192, promethium-147, radium-226, selenium-75, or ytterbium-169 | GBq | 325180 |
| 2844.43.00.28 | Other | GBq | 325180 |
| 2844.43.00.50 | Other | kg | 325180 |
Neighbouring 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 |
| 2844.44.00 | Radioactive residues | Free |
| 2844.50.00 | Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors | Free |