Damaged Nickel Ingots from Mexico
Nickel ingots with surface cracks and inclusions from scrap melting, unfit for direct casting into finished products. HTS 9817.00.90.80 applies as unwrought nickel defective or made from scrap without purifying, requiring remanufacture by melting for commercial use.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.94, articles the product of Mexico, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Submit inspection certificates documenting damage levels and composition analysis,Prove chain of custody from scrap origin to demonstrate no deliberate alloying occurred,Avoid common pitfall of improper marking that suggests higher quality material