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

Product or HTS code

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Code	Description	General	Special	Column 2	Units
2844.10	2844.10Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds
2844.10.10.00	2844.10.10.00Uranium metalGeneral 5% · Special Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) · Column 2 45% · kg	5%	Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	45%	kg
2844.10.20	2844.10.20Uranium compoundsGeneral Free · Column 2 Free	Free		Free
2844.10.20.10	2844.10.20.10OxideGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · kg	Free		Free	kg
2844.10.20.25	2844.10.20.25HexafluorideGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · kg	Free		Free	kg
2844.10.20.55	2844.10.20.55OtherGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · kg	Free		Free	kg
2844.10.50.00	2844.10.50.00OtherGeneral 5% · Special Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL, JO,KR,MA, OM,P, PA,PE,S,SG) · Column 2 45% · kg	5%	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL, JO,KR,MA, OM,P, PA,PE,S,SG)	45%	kg
2844.20.00	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 productsGeneral Free · Column 2 Free	Free		Free
	Uranium compoundsGeneral Free · Column 2 Free	Free		Free
2844.20.00.10	2844.20.00.10OxideGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · kg	Free		Free	kg
2844.20.00.20	2844.20.00.20FluoridesGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · kg	Free		Free	kg
2844.20.00.30	2844.20.00.30OtherGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · kg	Free		Free	kg
2844.20.00.50	2844.20.00.50OtherGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · kg	Free		Free	kg
2844.30	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
2844.30.10.00	2844.30.10.00Thorium compoundsGeneral 5.5% · Special Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) · Column 2 35% · kg	5.5%	Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	35%	kg
2844.30.20	2844.30.20Uranium compoundsGeneral Free · Column 2 Free	Free		Free
2844.30.20.10	2844.30.20.10OxideGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · kg	Free		Free	kg
2844.30.20.20	2844.30.20.20FluoridesGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · kg	Free		Free	kg
2844.30.20.50	2844.30.20.50OtherGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · kg	Free		Free	kg
2844.30.50	2844.30.50OtherGeneral 5% · Special Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) · Column 2 45%	5%	Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	45%
2844.30.50.10	2844.30.50.10Uranium metalGeneral 5% · Special Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) · Column 2 45% · kg	5%	Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	45%	kg
2844.30.50.50	2844.30.50.50OtherGeneral 5% · Special Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) · Column 2 45% · kg	5%	Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	45%	kg
	Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of subheading 2844.10, 2844.20 or 2844.30; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues
2844.41.00.00	2844.41.00.00Tritium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing tritium or its compoundsGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · kg	Free		Free	kg
2844.42.00.00	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 compoundsGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · GBq	Free		Free	GBq
2844.43.00	2844.43.00Other radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds; other alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compoundsGeneral Free · Column 2 Free	Free		Free
2844.43.00.10	2844.43.00.10Elements, isotopes and compounds with cobalt-60 radioactivity onlyGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · GBq	Free		Free	GBq
	Other elements, isotopes and compoundsGeneral Free · Column 2 Free	Free		Free
2844.43.00.21	2844.43.00.21Americium-241, californium-252, cesium-137, gadolinium-153, idium-192, promethium-147, radium-226, selenium-75, or ytterbium-169General Free · Column 2 Free · GBq	Free		Free	GBq
2844.43.00.28	2844.43.00.28OtherGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · GBq	Free		Free	GBq
2844.43.00.50	2844.43.00.50OtherGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · kg	Free		Free	kg
2844.44.00.00	2844.44.00.00Radioactive residuesGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · kg	Free		Free	kg
2844.50.00.00	2844.50.00.00Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactorsGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · kg	Free		Free	kg

2026 HTS Revision 21 (October 9, 2026)

Duty by country of origin

Rate line	France24.56% of imports	United Kingdom19.5% of imports	Canada16.7% of imports	Russia15.16% of imports	Netherlands10.75% of imports	Germany6.31% of imports	Kazakhstan3.08% of imports	China1.7% of imports	Belgium0.86% of imports	Japan0.44% of imports
2844.10.10.00Uranium metal	5%	5%	5%	45%	5%	5%	5%	30%9903.88.03	5%	5%
2844.10.20.10Oxide	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	25%9903.88.03	0%	0%
2844.10.20.25Hexafluoride	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	25%9903.88.03	0%	0%
2844.10.20.55Other	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	25%9903.88.03	0%	0%
2844.10.50.00Other	10%9903.05.39	15%9903.05.81	15%9903.05.29	57.5%9903.05.66	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.39	17.5%9903.05.51	42.5%9903.05.319903.88.03	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.49
2844.20.00.10Oxide	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	7.5%9903.88.15	0%	0%
2844.20.00.20Fluorides	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	7.5%9903.88.15	0%	0%
2844.20.00.30Other	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	7.5%9903.88.15	0%	0%
2844.20.00.50Other	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	7.5%9903.88.15	0%	0%
2844.30.10.00Thorium compounds	10%9903.05.39	15.5%9903.05.81	15.5%9903.05.29	47.5%9903.05.66	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.39	18%9903.05.51	18%9903.05.31	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.49
2844.30.20.10Oxide	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
2844.30.20.20Fluorides	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
2844.30.20.50Other	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
2844.30.50.10Uranium metal	5%	5%	5%	45%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%
2844.30.50.50Other	5%	5%	5%	45%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%
2844.41.00.00Tritium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing tritium or its compounds	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.81	10%9903.05.29	12.5%9903.05.66	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.51	37.5%9903.05.319903.91.01	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.49
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 compounds	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.81	10%9903.05.29	12.5%9903.05.66	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.51	37.5%9903.05.319903.91.01	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.49
2844.43.00.10Elements, isotopes and compounds with cobalt-60 radioactivity only	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.81	10%9903.05.29	12.5%9903.05.66	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.51	37.5%9903.05.319903.91.01	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.49
2844.43.00.21Americium-241, californium-252, cesium-137, gadolinium-153, idium-192, promethium-147, radium-226, selenium-75, or ytterbium-169	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.81	10%9903.05.29	12.5%9903.05.66	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.51	37.5%9903.05.319903.91.01	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.49
2844.43.00.28Other	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.81	10%9903.05.29	12.5%9903.05.66	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.51	37.5%9903.05.319903.91.01	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.49
2844.43.00.50Other	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.81	10%9903.05.29	12.5%9903.05.66	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.51	37.5%9903.05.319903.91.01	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.49
2844.44.00.00Radioactive residues	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.81	10%9903.05.29	12.5%9903.05.66	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.51	37.5%9903.05.319903.91.01	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.49
2844.50.00.00Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.81	10%9903.05.29	12.5%9903.05.66	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.51	20%9903.05.319903.88.15	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.49

Total duty on a $10,000 ocean shipment entered 2026-10-13, before customs fees. Origins are the leading sources of US imports under this heading in 2025 (US Census Bureau).