8108.20.00

Analysis

HTS 8108.20.00 covers unwrought titanium; powders under heading 8108 (titanium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 15%. The costliest confusion would be with 8108.30.00 (titanium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap: waste and…) at duty-free, a difference of 15 points on the customs value.

This line's footnotes point to one additional provision in Chapter 99: 9903.90.09 (measures on products of Russia). Chapter 99 duties are added on top of the general rate for goods of the countries they name, and they change more often than the rest of the schedule, so check the current CBP guidance before you rely on a total.

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 15%. 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.

The general duty rate is 15% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 81 (99th percentile of 71 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,500 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 1.7 times the general rate.