HTS Index

HTS heading 7404

Copper waste and scrap — 13 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
7404.00Copper waste and scrap + Ch. 99not stated
7404.00.30Spent anodes; waste and scrap with a copper content of less than 94 percent by weight + Ch. 99Free
7404.00.30.20Of refined copper + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7404.00.30)kg
7404.00.30.45Containing more than 0.3 percent of lead + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7404.00.30)kg
7404.00.30.55Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7404.00.30)kg
7404.00.30.65Of copper-tin base alloys (bronze) + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7404.00.30)kg
7404.00.30.90Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7404.00.30)kg
7404.00.60Other + Ch. 99Free
7404.00.60.20Of refined copper + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7404.00.60)kg
7404.00.60.45Containing more than 0.3 percent of lead + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7404.00.60)kg
7404.00.60.55Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7404.00.60)kg
7404.00.60.65Of copper-tin base alloys (bronze) + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7404.00.60)kg
7404.00.60.90Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7404.00.60)kg

10 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.

Additional duties may apply

13 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.