Gold Jewelry Manufacturing Scrap
Trimmings, filings, and clippings from gold jewelry production workshops, primarily 14K or 18K alloys. This scrap is imported for refining to recover gold, fitting HTS 7112.91.0100 as gold-clad or gold alloy waste excluding multi-metal sweepings.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If in powder form passing 0.5mm sieve
Powdered gold waste over 90% fine classifies under specific powder subheadings.
If sweepings or residues with traces of other PGMs
Excludes pure gold scrap; goes to other precious metal compounds or mixed waste.
If alloyed below 2% precious metal threshold
Low precious metal content treated as ferrous waste, not Chapter 71.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Provide refiner's lot analysis showing gold as predominant metal per Chapter Note 5 rules
• Ensure no base metal plating contamination; test for cladding methods like electroplating
• Use licensed precious metal brokers for customs valuation based on spot gold prices
Related Products under HTS 7112.91.01.00
Scrap Gold from Electronic Connectors
Gold-plated pin connectors and edge fingers salvaged from server motherboards and telecom gear. This waste is principally used for gold recovery, classifying in HTS 7112.91.0100 as gold-clad metal scrap.
18K Gold Casting Sprues
Excess gold material from lost-wax casting of jewelry, including sprues, gates, and vents in 18K yellow gold. HTS 7112.91.0100 applies as manufacturing scrap destined for remelting and gold recovery.
Gold Foil Scrap from Gilding
Trimmings and rejects from transfer gold leaf used in bookbinding and architectural gilding applications. As gold-clad or pure gold waste for recovery, it falls under HTS 7112.91.0100 excluding multi-metal sweepings.
Vintage Gold Chain Scrap
Tangled and broken 10K-22K gold chains from estate jewelry lots, pre-refined for karat sorting. HTS 7112.91.0100 covers this as gold scrap for recovery purposes.
Gold Anode Slime Residue
Sludgy residue from gold electrorefining cells containing slime-attached gold particles. Primarily imported for further recovery processing under HTS 7112.91.0100 as gold compound scrap.
Gold-Filled Bead Scrap
Rejected or damaged gold-filled glass/plastic beads from costume jewelry production, with mechanical gold cladding. HTS 7112.91.0100 for recovery of the gold layer from this clad waste.