2818.10: Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined

1. 2818 10 00 00 Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined
2. With an aluminium oxide content of 98.5% by weight or more
3. 2818 10 11 00 With less than 50% of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm 4%
4. 2818 10 11 10 Sol-gel corundum (cas rn 1302-74-5) with an aluminium oxide content of 99.6% or more by weight, having a micro crystalline structure in the form of rods with an aspect ratio of 1.3 or more, but not more than 6.0 4%
5. 2818 10 11 20 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 of aluminium oxide, and -8% or less of magnesium oxide 4%
6. 2818 10 11 30 Sintered sol-gel corundum or pre-sintered sol-gel with an aluminium oxide content of 99.6% or more by weight, having a microcrystalline structure in the form of rods with an aspect ratio of 1.3 or more, but not more than 6.0 4%
7. 2818 10 11 40 Sintered 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 98.5% aluminium oxide, other than with an aluminium oxide content of 99.6% or more by weight, having a microcrystalline structure in the form of rods with an aspect ratio of 1.3 or more, but not more than 6.0 4%
8. Other 4%
9. 2818 10 11 91 Fused alumina where both of the following apply: (i) between 5% and 35% of the product by weight is below the lowest grain size limit set out in the specification for the product and; (ii) between 1% and 10% of the product by weight is above the upper grain size limit set out in the specification for the product 4%
10. 2818 10 11 99 Other 4%
11. 2818 10 19 00 With 50% or more of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm 4%
12. With an aluminium oxide content of less than 98.5% by weight
13. 2818 10 91 00 With less than 50% of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm 4%
14. 2818 10 91 20 Sintered 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 mm 4%
15. 2818 10 91 30 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 4%
16. 2818 10 91 40 Sintered 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 4%
17. Other 4%
18. 2818 10 91 91 Fused alumina with a titanium dioxide content of 1% by weight or more, where both of the following apply: (i) between 5% and 35% of the product by weight is below the lowest grain size limit set out in the specification for the product and; (ii) between 1% and 10% of the product by weight is above the upper grain size limit set out in the specification for the product 4%
19. 2818 10 91 99 Other 4%
20. 2818 10 99 00 With 50% or more of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm 4%

Additional duties and import rules

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Preferential rates by country

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£12.4m-19.6% · previous 12 months

Average import price£0.76 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
China	£8.1m	65.3%	-32.2%
Brazil	£1.1m	8.5%	+82%
Austria	£586k	4.7%	+6.3%
United States	£577k	4.7%	+81.4%
Germany	£446k	3.6%	-6.2%
Italy	£418k	3.4%	-22.4%
India	£347k	2.8%	+7,813.6%
Hungary	£292k	2.4%	-21.5%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU 5.2% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines Türkiye 5.2% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines USA Free – 1.3% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 0.7%

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$720m	57.3%
2	Austria	US$81m	6.5%
3	Germany	US$75m	6%
4	France	US$54m	4.3%
5	United States	US$45m	3.6%
6	Hungary	US$32m	2.5%
7	Italy	US$28m	2.3%
8	Bahrain	US$28m	2.3%
9	Slovenia	US$26m	2.1%
10	Brazil	US$25m	2%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Germany	US$159m	12.7%
2	United States	US$154m	12.3%
3	Japan	US$118m	9.4%
4	South Korea	US$84m	6.7%
5	India	US$72m	5.7%
6	Netherlands	US$68m	5.4%
7	Austria	US$65m	5.2%
8	Türkiye	US$56m	4.4%
9	Italy	US$50m	4%
10	Poland	US$38m	3%

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