Tin Can Scrap from Germany
Waste material consisting of used tin-plated steel cans from food and beverage packaging, containing tin coatings that qualify as tin waste under chapter notes due to predominant tin content in the scrap form. Collected from recycling centers after consumer use. Primarily used for tin recovery in smelting processes.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
0%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.030%Articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa)(ii) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Verify tin content meets chapter note (a) or (b) definitions via assay certificates to avoid reclassification as steel scrap
• Provide waste export permits from origin country and ensure compliance with Basel Convention for transboundary scrap movement
• Declare exact composition to prevent pitfalls like misclassification under 7204 for ferrous scrap