Platinum Thermocouple Wire Scrap from China
Discarded platinum-rhodium thermocouple wires from industrial furnaces, platinum predominant per alloy rules. HTS 7112.92.0100 for platinum scrap recovery, common in metallurgy and glass manufacturing.
Duty Rate — China → United States
25%
Rate breakdown
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
9903.05.860%Universal product exemption (U.S. note 52(b))
Import Tips
• Industrial end-user certificates needed to prove thermocouple origin
• Separate pure platinum wires from Pt/Rh alloys if rhodium > platinum weight
• Comply with thermocouple calibration traceability for audit-proofing