Chapter 26
Ores, Slag and Ash
137 tariff lines · 102 filing-ready 10-digit codes · codes begin with 26
Chapter 26 of the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers ores, Slag and Ash. Every code in this chapter starts with the digits 26. Work down the nested list below: the bold headings are broad categories, and the 10-digit statistical codes underneath them are what you actually declare to US Customs. Duty rates shown are the general (Column 1) rates that apply to most trading partners.
Codes in Chapter 26
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2601.11.00 | Non-agglomerated | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 2601.11.00.30 | Concentrates | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2601.11.00.60 | Coarse | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2601.11.00.90 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2601.12.00 | Agglomerated | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 2601.12.00.30 | Pellets | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2601.12.00.60 | Briquettes | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2601.12.00.90 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2601.20.00.00 | Roasted iron pyrites | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2602.00.00.40 | Containing less than 47 percent by weight of manganese | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2602.00.00.60 | Containing 47 percent or more by weight of manganese | 10-digit statistical code |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2603.00.00.10 | Copper content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2603.00.00.20 | Lead content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2603.00.00.30 | Zinc content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2603.00.00.40 | Silver content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2603.00.00.50 | Gold content | 10-digit statistical code |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2604.00.00.40 | Nickel content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2604.00.00.80 | Other metal content | 10-digit statistical code |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2606.00.00.30 | Refractory grade | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2606.00.00.60 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2606.00.00.90 | Other | 10-digit statistical code |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2607.00.00.10 | Copper content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2607.00.00.20 | Lead content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2607.00.00.30 | Zinc content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2607.00.00.40 | Silver content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2607.00.00.50 | Gold content | 10-digit statistical code |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2608.00.00.10 | Copper content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2608.00.00.20 | Lead content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2608.00.00.30 | Zinc content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2608.00.00.40 | Silver content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2608.00.00.50 | Gold content | 10-digit statistical code |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2610.00.00.20 | Having a chromium content equivalent to not more than 40 percent chromic oxide (Cr2O3) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2610.00.00.40 | Having a chromium content equivalent to more than 40 percent but less than 46 percent chromic oxide (Cr2O3) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2610.00.00.60 | Having a chromium content equivalent to 46 percent or more chromic oxide (Cr2O3) | 10-digit statistical code |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2611.00.30.00 | Ores | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 2611.00.60.00 | Concentrates | 10-digit statistical code | 37.5¢/kg on tungsten content |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2612.10.00.00 | Uranium ores and concentrates | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 2612.20.00.00 | Thorium ores and concentrates | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2613.10.00.00 | Roasted | 10-digit statistical code | 12.8¢/kg on molybdenum content + 1.8% |
| 2613.90.00.00 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | 17.8¢/kg on molybdenum content |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2614.00.30.00 | Synthetic rutile | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 2614.00.60 | Other | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 2614.00.60.20 | Ilmenite and ilmenite sand | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2614.00.60.40 | Other (including rutile and rutile sand) | 10-digit statistical code |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2615.10.00.00 | Zirconium ores and concentrates | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 2615.90 | Other | 6-digit heading | |
| 2615.90.30.00 | Synthetic tantalum-niobium (columbium) concentrates | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 2615.90.60 | Other | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 2615.90.60.30 | Niobium (columbium) ores and concentrates | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2615.90.60.60 | Tantalum ores and concentrates | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2615.90.60.90 | Vanadium ores and concentrates | 10-digit statistical code |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2616.10.00 | Silver ores and concentrates | 8-digit subheading | 0.8¢/kg on lead content |
| 2616.10.00.10 | Copper content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2616.10.00.20 | Lead content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2616.10.00.30 | Zinc content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2616.10.00.40 | Silver content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2616.10.00.80 | Gold content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2616.90.00 | Other | 8-digit subheading | 1.7¢/kg on lead content |
| 2616.90.00.10 | Copper content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2616.90.00.20 | Lead content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2616.90.00.30 | Zinc content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2616.90.00.40 | Gold content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2616.90.00.50 | Other precious metal content | 10-digit statistical code |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2617.10.00.00 | Antimony ores and concentrates | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 2617.90.00 | Other | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 2617.90.00.30 | Beryllium ores and concentrates | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2617.90.00.60 | Other | 10-digit statistical code |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2619.00.30.00 | Ferrous scale | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 2619.00.90.00 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2620.11.00.00 | Hard zinc spelter | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 2620.19 | Other | 6-digit heading | |
| 2620.19.30.00 | Zinc dross and zinc skimmings | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 2620.19.60 | Other | 8-digit subheading | 0.7¢/kg on copper content + 0.7¢/kg on lead content |
| 2620.19.60.10 | Copper content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.19.60.20 | Lead content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.19.60.30 | Zinc content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.19.60.40 | Silver content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.19.60.50 | Gold content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.21.00 | Leaded gasoline sludges and leaded anti-knock compound sludges | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 2620.21.00.10 | Copper content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.21.00.20 | Lead content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.21.00.30 | Zinc content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.21.00.40 | Silver content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.21.00.50 | Gold content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.29.00 | Other | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 2620.29.00.10 | Copper content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.29.00.20 | Lead content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.29.00.30 | Zinc content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.29.00.40 | Silver content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.29.00.50 | Gold content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.30.00 | Containing mainly copper | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 2620.30.00.10 | Copper content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.30.00.20 | Lead content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.30.00.30 | Zinc content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.30.00.40 | Silver content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.30.00.50 | Gold content | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.40.00 | Containing mainly aluminum | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 2620.40.00.30 | Vanadium bearing materials | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.40.00.60 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.60 | Containing arsenic, mercury, thallium or their mixtures, of a kind used for the extraction of arsenic or those metalsor for the manufacture of their chemical compounds | 6-digit heading | |
| 2620.60.10.00 | Of a kind used only for the extraction of arsenic or the manufacture of its chemical compounds | 10-digit statistical code | 5% |
| 2620.60.90.00 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 2620.91.00.00 | Containing antimony, beryllium, cadmium, chromium or their mixtures | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 2620.99 | Other | 6-digit heading | |
| 2620.99.10.00 | Containing mainly vanadium | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 2620.99.20.00 | Containing mainly tungsten | 10-digit statistical code | 17.6¢/kg on tungsten content + 3.8% |
| 2620.99.30.00 | Materials not provided for elsewhere in this heading containing by weight over 10 percent nickel | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 2620.99.50.00 | Slag containing by weight over 40 percent titanium, and which if containing over 2 percent by weight of copper, lead, or zinc is not to be treated for the recovery thereof | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 2620.99.75 | Other materials which are residues not advanced in value or condition by any means, and which if containing over 2 percent by weight of copper, lead or zinc are not to be treated for the recovery thereof | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 2620.99.75.20 | Vanadium bearing materials | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.99.75.60 | Other materials containing silver | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.99.75.80 | Other materials containing gold | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.99.75.90 | Other materials that do not contain vanadium, silver or gold | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 2620.99.85.00 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2621.10.00.00 | Ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 2621.90.00.00 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
Not sure which line applies?
Classification follows the General Rules of Interpretation: the most specific description wins, and you must use a 10-digit statistical code on the entry. When two lines look equally plausible, a CBP binding ruling is the only way to be certain.
Source: USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule, 2026 Basic Edition, Revision 16. Rate text is reproduced verbatim from the official export; category paths and duty estimates are derived.
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