2620.99.30

Analysis

HTS 2620.99.30 covers materials not provided for elsewhere in this heading containing by weight over 10 percent nickel under heading 2620 (slag, ash and residues (other than from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing…).

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 97% of the 39 tariff lines in chapter 26. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 331410 (Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining), an industry of 112 US establishments employing 8,755 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.

All 5 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.

The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.