8105.30.00

Analysis

HTS 8105.30.00 covers cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy; cobalt and articles thereof, including waste and scrap: waste and scrap under heading 8105 (cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy; cobalt and articles…).

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 4.4%. The costliest confusion would be with 8105.20.30 (unwrought cobalt: alloys) at 4.4%, a difference of 4.4 points on the customs value.

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 34% of the 71 tariff lines in chapter 81 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.

The other lines in the same group are 8105.20.30 (unwrought cobalt: alloys, 4.4%), 8105.20.60 (unwrought cobalt: other, duty-free), 8105.20.90 (cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt…, duty-free) and 8105.90.00 (cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt…, 3.7%).

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 331491 (Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding), an industry of 199 US establishments employing 12,115 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.