Tinned Steel Food Can Scrap from China
Waste and scrap consisting of used food cans made from tinned iron or steel, typically collected from recycling streams after consumer use. This material falls under HTS 7204.30.00.00 because it is specifically waste and scrap of tinned iron or steel destined for remelting. The tin coating, often from electrolytic tinplate, does not alter its classification as ferrous scrap.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
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)
Import Tips
• Verify tin content through lab analysis to confirm classification; obtain scrap certificates of analysis (COA) proving ferrous composition; ensure compliance with EPA recycling import regulations to avoid hazardous waste classification