HTS heading 3801
Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semimanufactures — 11 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3801 | Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semimanufactures + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 3801.10 | Artificial graphite + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 3801.10.10.00 | Plates, rods, powder and other forms, wholly or partly manufactured, for manufacturing into brushes for electric generators, motors or other machines or appliances + Ch. 99 | 3.7% | kg |
| 3801.10.50 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 3801.10.50.10 | Surface-modified spherical graphite + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 3801.10.50) | kg |
| 3801.10.50.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 3801.10.50) | kg |
| 3801.20.00.00 | Colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite + Ch. 99 | Free | kg |
| 3801.30.00.00 | Carbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings + Ch. 99 | 4.9% | kg |
| 3801.90.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 4.9% | — |
| 3801.90.00.10 | Active anode material containing silicon + Ch. 99 | 4.9% (inherited from 3801.90.00) | kg |
| 3801.90.00.50 | Other + Ch. 99 | 4.9% (inherited from 3801.90.00) | kg |
4 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
11 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.