8108.90.60.45—Titanium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap, plates, sheets, strips and foilGeneral
15%
Units
kg
Column 2
45%
Special
Free (A*,AU,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)
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HTS 8108.90.60.45 is the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule classification for Titanium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap, plates, sheets, strips and foil. It's a 10-digit statistical line in Chapter 81: Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof, Section XV: Base Metals and Articles of Base Metal, used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to determine the duty rate at entry. No Chapter 99 flags or potentially relevant AD/CVD order flags are linked to this code in Tandom's current catalog view.
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Past CBP decisions classifying real products under this HTS code. Useful precedent when classifying a similar product — each ruling shows how CBP interpreted the code for a specific case.
The tariff classification and eligibility of 9802.00.60 to titanium plate and sheet manufactured from ingots of United States (U.S.) origin in Austria and returned to the U.S. for further processing.
The classification and country of origin of a titanium “substrate”
Ruling Request; Classification of Titanium Scrap
Further Review of Protest No. 4601-04-101411; Titanium tubesheets from Japan Dear Port Director:
The tariff classification of titanium sheet from Japan.
Source: CBP CROSS (view all rulings on rulings.cbp.gov →)
HTS 8108.90.60.45 is the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule classification for Titanium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap, plates, sheets, strips and foil. It belongs to Chapter 81 of the HTSUS.
The general (Column 1) duty rate for HTS 8108.90.60.45 is 15%. This is the most-favored-nation (MFN) rate that applies to imports from World Trade Organization member countries.
The HTS special-rate notation for 8108.90.60.45 is Free (A*,AU,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG). It can reference programs such as USMCA, KORUS, AGOA, and GSP; a program must be authorized on the entry date, and the shipment must satisfy its rules of origin and documentation requirements before a special rate can be claimed.
The Column 2 rate for HTS 8108.90.60.45 is 45%. This rate applies to imports from countries that do not have normal trade relations with the United States (currently Belarus, Cuba, North Korea, and Russia).
No Chapter 99 flags are linked to HTS 8108.90.60.45 in Tandom's current catalog view. Use the calculator's date, origin, and product inputs to check a specific entry scenario.
Tandom's current catalog view links no potentially relevant AD/CVD order flags to HTS 8108.90.60.45. Check current Commerce scope materials and Federal Register notices before relying on an HTS-only screen.
Programs referenced by the HTS Special-column notation
Special-column notation identifies rate candidates only. The shipment must independently satisfy the program's current authorization, origin, and documentation rules before a special rate can be claimed.
Section and chapter notes that govern this code
Throughout this schedule, the expression 'base metals' means: iron and steel, copper, nickel, aluminum, lead, zinc, tin, tungsten (wolfram), molybdenum, tantalum, magnesium, cobalt, bismuth, cadmium, titanium, zirconium, antimony, manganese, beryllium, chromium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, hafnium, indium, niobium (columbium), rhenium, and thallium.
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