HTS Index

HTS heading 2818

Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminum oxide; aluminum hydroxide — 8 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
2818Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminum oxide; aluminum hydroxide + Ch. 99not stated
2818.10Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined + Ch. 99not stated
2818.10.10.00Crude + Ch. 99Freet
2818.10.20In grains, or ground, pulverized or refined + Ch. 991.3%
2818.10.20.10White, pink or ruby, containing more than 97.5 percent by weight of aluminum oxide + Ch. 991.3% (inherited from 2818.10.20)kg
2818.10.20.90Other + Ch. 991.3% (inherited from 2818.10.20)kg
2818.20.00.00Aluminum oxide, other than artificial corundum + Ch. 99Freekg
2818.30.00.00Aluminum hydroxide + Ch. 99Freekg

2 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.

Additional duties may apply

8 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.