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.
Import Duty Rates by Country of Origin
Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If still attached to circuit boards
Complete electrical waste apparatus classified in heading 8549 per Chapter Note 10.
If powdered gold from connector grinding
Subheading 7112.19 for gold powders meeting 0.5mm sieve criteria.
If copper-dominant with minimal gold plating
Base copper waste if gold under 2% threshold per alloy rules.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Separate gold-clad pins from plastic/PCB substrate to maintain pure scrap classification
• Provide smelter contracts proving principal use for recovery, avoiding e-waste tariffs
• Declare London Fix gold price basis for valuation; fluctuations affect duties
Related Products under HTS 7112.91.01.00
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.
Scrap from Gold Heat-Treated Parts
Diffusion-bonded gold parts scrap from aerospace seals and connectors, mechanically clad. Used for gold reclamation, classifying in HTS 7112.91.0100.