HTS Index

HTS 2620

Slag, ash and residues (other than from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing arsenic, metals or their compounds

General rateNot stated for this line
What most imports pay — countries with normal trade relations, which is nearly all of them.
Special rateNot stated for this line
Only under a trade programme or agreement, and only if the goods qualify. The codes name the programmes.
Column 2 rateNot stated for this line
Only for the few countries without normal trade relations.

This line states no general duty rate, and none is inherited from the lines above it. That is not the same as duty-free: lines in Chapters 98 and 99 are provisions and qualifiers rather than ordinary commodities, and a rate may be stated elsewhere. Check the heading before assuming anything.

Additional duties may apply

This line references Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate above and depend on where the goods were made. The rate shown here is therefore not the whole story for every origin.

What the Chapter 99 provisions are

Statistical breakouts

The 10-digit lines under this code. They are reporting categories; the duty is the one above unless a line states its own.

CodeDescriptionUnitsRate
2620.11.00.00Hard zinc spelterkgFree
2620.19Othersee above
2620.19.30.00Zinc dross and zinc skimmingskg, Zn kgFree
2620.19.60Other0.7¢/kg on copper content + 0.7¢/kg on lead content
2620.19.60.10Copper contentCu kg0.7¢/kg on copper content + 0.7¢/kg on lead content
2620.19.60.20Lead contentPb kg0.7¢/kg on copper content + 0.7¢/kg on lead content
2620.19.60.30Zinc contentZn kg0.7¢/kg on copper content + 0.7¢/kg on lead content
2620.19.60.40Silver contentAg g0.7¢/kg on copper content + 0.7¢/kg on lead content
2620.19.60.50Gold contentAu g0.7¢/kg on copper content + 0.7¢/kg on lead content
2620.21.00Leaded gasoline sludges and leaded anti-knock compound sludgesFree
2620.21.00.10Copper contentCu kgFree
2620.21.00.20Lead contentPb kgFree
2620.21.00.30Zinc contentZn kgFree
2620.21.00.40Silver contentAg gFree
2620.21.00.50Gold contentAu gFree
2620.29.00OtherFree
2620.29.00.10Copper contentCu kgFree
2620.29.00.20Lead contentPb kgFree
2620.29.00.30Zinc contentZn kgFree
2620.29.00.40Silver contentAg gFree
2620.29.00.50Gold contentAu gFree
2620.30.00Containing mainly copperFree
2620.30.00.10Copper contentCu kgFree
2620.30.00.20Lead contentPb kgFree
2620.30.00.30Zinc contentZn kgFree
2620.30.00.40Silver contentAg gFree
2620.30.00.50Gold contentAu gFree
2620.40.00Containing mainly aluminumFree
2620.40.00.30Vanadium bearing materialskg, V2O5 kgFree
2620.40.00.60OtherkgFree
2620.60Containing arsenic, mercury, thallium or their mixtures, of a kind used for the extraction of arsenic or those metalsor for the manufacture of their chemical compoundssee above
2620.60.10.00Of a kind used only for the extraction of arsenic or the manufacture of its chemical compoundskg5%
2620.60.90.00OtherkgFree
2620.91.00.00Containing antimony, beryllium, cadmium, chromium or their mixtureskgFree
2620.99Othersee above
2620.99.10.00Containing mainly vanadiumkg, V2O5 kgFree
2620.99.20.00Containing mainly tungstenkg, W kg17.6¢/kg on tungsten content + 3.8%
2620.99.30.00Materials not provided for elsewhere in this heading containing by weight over 10 percent nickelkg, Ni kgFree
2620.99.50.00Slag containing by weight over 40 percent titanium, and which if containing over 2 percent by weight of copper, lead, or zinc is not to be treated for the recovery thereofkgFree
2620.99.75Other materials which are residues not advanced in value or condition by any means, and which if containing over 2 percent by weight of copper, lead or zinc are not to be treated for the recovery thereofFree
2620.99.75.20Vanadium bearing materialskg, V2O5 kgFree
2620.99.75.60Other materials containing silverAu gFree
2620.99.75.80Other materials containing goldAu gFree
2620.99.75.90Other materials that do not contain vanadium, silver or goldkgFree
2620.99.85.00OtherkgFree

What changed

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Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Re-checked daily.