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HTS 2844Chapter 28

HTS 2844Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products: Duty Rate & Import Guide

Inorganic Chemicals · 1 pending regulation · $394.8M monthly imports · 100% from 1 countries · Updated daily from USITC

Duty Rates

General

Free

Special

Free

Column 2

Free

Trade Agreement Eligibility

CUSMAKORUS

Trade Intelligence

Monthly Imports

$394.8M

2026-01

Trade Concentration

100%

from top 3 of 1 origins

Regulatory Pressure

LOW

0 rulings — · 1 reg · 0 cases

Global Rates

🇺🇸 Free

🇬🇧 United Kingdom: N/A · 🇪🇺 European Union: N/A · 🇨🇦 Canada: N/A · 🇧🇷 Brazil: N/A

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Data compiled from USITC HTS, US Census Bureau, Federal Register · As of 2026-04-29 · Updates monthly

Active DisputesRecent court cases or pending regulations affect this code
Supply Chain Risk

100% of US imports for this code come from just 1 countries. High origin concentration increases exposure to trade disruptions or tariff escalations.

High-Volume Code

This is a high-volume import code — $395M in monthly US imports. Duty rate changes or trade remedy actions on this code have significant economic impact.

Trade Remedy

Additional Tariffs Apply

Section 301 — China Tariffs+25%

List 2 — ~$16B of Chinese goods (semiconductors, chemicals, plastics)

Active — 7.5%–25% additional duties on Chinese-origin goods across four tranches (Lists 1–4A), with higher 2024/2025 increases on targeted product categories.

Effective 2018-07-06

These additional tariffs apply on top of the general duty rate. View full trade remedy tracker →

Subheadings (30)

CodeDescriptionRate
2844.10Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds:
2844.10.10.00Uranium metal5%
2844.10.20Uranium compoundsFree
2844.10.20.10Oxide
2844.10.20.25Hexafluoride
2844.10.20.55Other
2844.10.50.00Other5%
2844.20.00Uranium enriched in U235 and its compounds; plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U235, plutonium or compounds of these productsFree
2844.20.00.10Oxide
2844.20.00.20Fluorides
2844.20.00.30Other
2844.20.00.50Other
2844.30Uranium depleted in U235 and its compounds; thorium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U235, thorium, or compounds of these products:
2844.30.10.00Thorium compounds5.5%
2844.30.20Uranium compoundsFree
2844.30.20.10Oxide
2844.30.20.20Fluorides
2844.30.20.50Other
2844.30.50Other5%
2844.30.50.10Uranium metal
2844.30.50.50Other
2844.41.00.00Tritium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing tritium or its compoundsFree
2844.42.00.00Actinium-225, actinium-227, californium-253, curium-240, curium-241, curium-242, curium-243, curium-244, einsteinium-253, einsteinium-254, gadolinium-148, polonium-208, polonium-209, polonium-210, radium-223, uranium-230 or uranium-232, and their compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements or compoundsFree
2844.43.00Other radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds; other alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compoundsFree
2844.43.00.10Elements, isotopes and compounds with cobalt-60 radioactivity only
2844.43.00.21Americium-241, californium-252, cesium-137, gadolinium-153, idium-192, promethium-147, radium-226, selenium-75, or ytterbium-169
2844.43.00.28Other
2844.43.00.50Other
2844.44.00.00Radioactive residuesFree
2844.50.00.00Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactorsFree

Federal Register (1)

Matching Export Code (Schedule B)

2844101000Schedule B

URANIUM METAL

Census Bureau export classification matching this HTS import code.

2827.39.45.002844.10