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Defective Cobalt Ingots from Mexico

Cobalt ingots from remelted scrap with gas porosity preventing commercial casting use. HTS 9817.00.90.80 applies to defective unwrought cobalt requiring remanufacture by melting.

Duty Rate — Mexico → United States

10%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.5510%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 10% ad valorem on products of Mexico

Import Tips

Metallurgical testing required to document porosity levels,Verify no tungsten content triggering exclusion from this provision,Maintain temperature records proving no purifying operations performed