CHAPTER 26 ORES, SLAG AND ASH NOTES
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) slag or similar industrial waste prepared as macadam (heading 2517);
(b) natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite), whether or not calcined (heading 2519);
(c) sludges from the storage tanks of petroleum oils, consisting mainly of such oils (heading 2710);
(d) basic slag of Chapter 31;
(e) slag wool, rock wool or similar mineral wools (heading 6806);
(f) waste or scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal; other waste or scrap containing precious metal or precious metal compounds, of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal (heading 7112); or
(g) copper, nickel or cobalt mattes produced by any process of smelting (Section XV).
2. For the purposes of headings 2601 to 2617, the term "ores" means minerals of mineralogical species actually used in the metallurgical industry for the extraction of mercury, of the metals of heading 2844 or of the metals of Section XIV or XV, even if they are intended for non-metallurgical purposes. Headings 2601 to 2617 do not, however, include minerals which have been submitted to processes not normal to the metallurgical industry.
3. Heading 2620 applies only to:
(a) ash and residues of a kind used in industry either for the extraction of metals or as a basis for the manufacture of chemical compounds of metals, excluding ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste (heading 2621); and
(b) ash and residues containing arsenic, whether or not containing metals, of a kind used either for the extraction of arsenic or metals or for the manufacture of their chemical compounds.
SUB-HEADING NOTES1. For the purposes of sub-heading 2620 21, "leaded gasoline sludges and leaded anti-knock compound sludges" mean sludges obtained from storage tanks of leaded gasoline and leaded anti-knock compounds (for example, tetraethyl lead), and consisting essentially of lead, lead compounds and iron oxide.
2. Ash and residues containing arsenic, mercury, thallium or their mixtures, of a kind used for the extraction of arsenic or those metals or for the manufacture of their chemical compounds, are to be classified in sub-heading 2620 60.
| Tariff Item | Description of goods | Unit | Rate of duty | |
| Standard | Preferential Areas | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| 2601 | IRON ORES AND CONCENTRATES, INCLUDING ROASTED IRON PYRITES | |||
| - Iron ores and concentrates, otherthan roasted iron pyrites : | ||||
| 2601 11 | -- Non-agglomerated : | |||
| 2601 11 10 | --- Iron ore lumps (60% F.e or more) | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2601 11 20 | --- Iron ore lumps (below 60% Fe, includingblack iron ore containing up to 10% Mn) | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2601 11 30 | --- Iron ore fines (62% Fe or more) | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2601 11 40 | --- iron ore fines (below 62% Fe) | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2601 11 50 | --- Iron ore concentrates | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2601 11 90 | --- Other | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2601 12 | -- Agglomerated : | |||
| 2601 12 10 | --- Iron ore pellets | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2601 12 90 | --- Other | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2601 20 00 | - Roasted iron pyrites | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2602 | MANGANESE ORES AND CONCENTRATES, INCLUDING FERRUGINOUS MANGANESE ORES AND CONCENTRATES WITH A MANGANESE CONTENT OF 20% OR MORE, CALCULATED ON THE DRY WEIGHT | |||
| 2602 00 | - Manganese ores and concentrates, including ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates with a manganese content of 20% or more, calculated on the DRy weight: | |||
| 2602 00 10 | --- Manganese ore (46% or more) | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2602 00 20 | --- Manganese ore (44% or more but below 46%) | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2602 00 30 | --- Manganese ore (40% or more but below 44%) | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2602 00 40 | --- Manganese ore (35% or more but below 40%) | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2602 00 50 | --- Manganese ore (30% or more but below 35%) | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2602 00 60 | --- Ferruginous (10% or more but below 30%) | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2602 00 70 | --- Manganese ore sinters, agglomerated | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2602 00 90 | --- Other | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2603 00 00 | COPPER ORES AND CONCERTRATES | kg. | 5% | |
| 2604 00 00 | NICKEL ORES AND CONCENTRATES | kg. | 5% | |
| 2605 00 00 | COBALT ORES AND CONCENTRATES | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2606 | ALUMINIUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES | |||
| 2606 00 | - Aluminium ores and concentrates: | |||
| 2606 00 10 | --- Bauxite (natural), not calcined | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2606 00 20 | --- Bauxite (natural), calcined | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2606 00 90 | --- Other aluminium ores and concentrates | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2607 00 00 | LEAD ORES AND CONCENTRATES | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2608 00 00 | ZINC ORES AND CONCENTRATES | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2609 00 00 | TIN ORES AND CONCENTRATES | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2610 | CHROMIUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES | |||
| 2610 00 | - Chromium ores and concentrates: | |||
| 261000 10 | --- Chrome ore lumps, containing 47% Cr2O3and above | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2610 00 20 | --- Chrome ore lumps, containing 40% or morebut less than 47% Cr2O3 | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2610 00 30 | --- Chrome ore lumps below 40% Cr2O3 | kg. | 5% | |
| 2610 00 40 | --- Chrome ore friable and concentrates fixescontaining 47% Cr2O3 and above | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2610 00 90 | --- Other | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2611 00 00 | TUNGSTEN ORES AND CONCENTRATES | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2612 | URANIUM OR THORIUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES | |||
| 2612 10 00 | - Uranium ores and concentrates | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2612 20 00 | - Thorium ores and concentrates | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2613 | MOLYBDENUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES | |||
| 2613 10 00 | - Roasted | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2613 90 00 | - Other | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2614 | - TITANIUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES | |||
| 2614 00 | - Titanium ores and concentrates: | |||
| 2614 00 10 | -- Ilmenite, unprocessed | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2614 00 20 | --- llmenite, upgraded (beneficiated ilmenite including ilmenite ground) | kg. | 5% | - |
| --- Rutile : | ||||
| 2614 00 31 | ---- Rare earth oxides including rutile sand | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2614 00 39 | ---- Other | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2614 00 90 | --- Other | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2615 | NIOBIUM, TANTALUM, VANADIUM OR ZIRCONIUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES | |||
| 2615 10 00 | - Zirconium ores and concentrates | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2615 90 | - Other | |||
| 2615 90 10 | --- Vanadium ores and concentrates | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2615 90 20 | --- Niobium or tantalum ores and concentrates | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2616 | PRECIOUS METAL ORES AND CONCENTRATES | |||
| 2616 10 00 | - Silver ores and concentrates | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2616 90 | - Other : | |||
| 261690 10 | --- Gold ores and concentrates | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2616 90 90 | --- Other | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2617 | OTHER ORES AND CONCENTRATES | |||
| 2617 10 00 | - Antimony ores and concentrates | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2617 90 00 | - Other | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2618 00 00 | GRANULATED SLAG (SLAG SAND) FROM THE MANUFACTURE OP IRON OR STEEL | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2619 | SLAG, DROSS (OTHER THAN GRANULATED SLAG), SCAUNGS AND OTHER WASTE FROM THEMANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL. | |||
| 2619 00 | - Slag, dross (other than granulated slag), settlings and other waste from the manufacture of iron or steel: | |||
| 2619 00 10 | --- Converted slag (scull) of blast furnace | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2619 00 90 | --- Other | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2620 | ASH AND RESIDUES (OTHER THAN FROM THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL), CONTAINING ARSENIC, METALS OR THEIR COMPOUNDS | |||
| - Containing mainly zinc : | ||||
| 2620 11 00 | -- Hard zinc spelter | kg. | 30% | - |
| 2620 19 00 | -- Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| - Containing mainly lead: | ||||
| 2620 21 00 | -- Leaded gasoline sludges and leaded | kg. | 5% | - |
| anti-knock compound sludges | ||||
| 2620 29 00 | -- Other | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2620 30 | - Containing mainly copper : | |||
| 2620 30 10 | --- Brass dross | kg. | 30% | - |
| 2620 30 90 | --- Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| 2620 40 | - Containing mainly aluminium: | |||
| 2620 40 10 | --- Aluminium dross | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2620 40 90 | --- Other | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2620 60 00 | - Containing arsenic, mercury, thallium or their mixtures, of a kind used for the extraction of arsenic or those metals or for the manufacture of their chemical compounds | kg. | 5% | |
| - Other: | ||||
| 2620 91 00 | -- Containing antimony , beryllium, cadmium, chromium or their mixtures | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2620 99 00 | -- Other | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2621 | OTHER SLAG AND ASH, INLCUDING SEAWEED ASH (KELP); ASH AND RESIDUES FROM THE INCINERATION OF MUNICIPAL WASTE | |||
| 2621 10 00 | - Ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste | kg. | 5% | - |
| 2621 90 00 | - Other | kg. | 5% | - |