1. 0128Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
  2. 022818Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide
  3. 032818100000Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined
  4. 042818109100With an aluminium oxide content of less than 98,5 % by weight
  5. 052818109100With less than 50 % of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm
UK commodity code
2818109130
Sintered corundum with a micro crystalline structure, consisting of aluminium oxide (CAS RN 1344-28-1) and magnesium aluminate (CAS RN 12068-51-8), with a content by weight (calculated as oxides) of: -92 % or more, but not more than 94 % of aluminium oxide, and -8 % (± 1 %) of magnesium oxide
Rates updated· Source: GOV.UK Trade Tariff API v2 (Open Government Licence v3)
Duty rate (MFN)
4.00 %
VAT
20.00 %

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Albania0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Andorra0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Australia0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Cameroon0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Canada0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
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Central America0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Ceuta0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Chile0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Colombia0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
CPTPP All Members excluding Canada0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) - Comprehensive Preferences0.00 %GSP duty rate without conditions or limits
Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) - Enhanced Preferences0.00 %GSP duty rate without conditions or limits
Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) - Standard Preferences0.00 %GSP duty rate without conditions or limits
Eastern and Southern Africa States0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Ecuador0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Egypt0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
European Union0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Faroe Islands0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Fiji0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Georgia0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Ghana0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Iceland0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
India0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Israel0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Ivory Coast0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Japan0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Jordan0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Kenya0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Kosovo0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Lebanon0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Liechtenstein0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Melilla0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Mexico0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Moldova0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Morocco0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
New Zealand0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
North Macedonia0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Norway0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories)0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Palestine0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Papua New Guinea0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Peru0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
SADC EPA0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Samoa0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
San Marino0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Serbia0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Singapore0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Solomon Islands0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
South Africa0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
South Korea0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Switzerland0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Tunisia0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Turkey0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Ukraine0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Vietnam0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)

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Matching US HTS codes

Sharing the 6-digit HS root 281810.

2818101000Crude2818102010White, pink or ruby, containing more than 97.5 percent by weight of aluminum oxide2818102090Other

Related codes

Other codes at this level
2818109120Sintered corundum with a micro crystalline structure, consisting of aluminium oxide (CAS RN 1344-28-1), magnesium aluminate (CAS RN 12068-51-8) and the rare earth aluminates of yttrium, lanthanum, and neodymium, with a content by weight (calculated as oxides) of: - 92 % or more, but less than 98,5 % of aluminium oxide, - 2 % (± 1,5 %) of magnesium oxide, - 1 % (± 0,6 %) of yttrium oxide, and - either 3 % (± 2,2 %) of lanthanum oxide or - 2 % (± 1,2 %) of lanthanum oxide and neodymium oxide, with less than 50 % of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm2818109140Sintered Sol-Gel corundum or pre-sintered Sol-Gel with a microcrystalline structure, consisting of aluminium oxide, with a composition by weight (as oxides) of at least 92% but less than 98.5% aluminium oxide
2818109191Other