HS Code 8102Molybdenum; articles thereof, including waste and scrap

What HS code 8102 covers

Molybdenum is a metal. Under the Harmonized System, it gets its own heading inside Section XV, the section for base metals and articles made from them. Within that section, it sits in the chapter for metals not named elsewhere, together with cermets and articles of those metals.

The heading name says three things. It covers the metal itself, articles made of it, and its waste and scrap. So a customs officer, a freight forwarder and a trader can all use 8102 to talk about the same family of goods.

A heading is a tariff classification at the four-digit level. It is the same in every country that uses the HS. You may see it called an HTS, ITC-HS or HSN code, depending on the market. The first digits stay the same, and each country may add more digits for its own tariff line.

HS 8102 subheadings: molybdenum codes 810210 to 810299

The official wording is in the table above. Here is the same list in plain words, so you can scan it fast. Each code is a separate record type in trade data, so each one can be searched on its own.

• 810210: molybdenum powders. Search import and export records for 810210.
• 810296: molybdenum wire.
• 810297: molybdenum waste and scrap.
• 810299: any other molybdenum article not named elsewhere in the heading.

How to pick the right 8102 code

Start with the shape of the goods. The codes are split by form, not by use. Ask what the product looks like when it crosses the border.

If it is loose powder, use 810210. If it is raw metal that was pressed and sintered into bars or rods, use 810294. Sintering means heating pressed powder until the grains bond, without melting it.

If the bars or rods were made some other way, they belong in 810295. That code also takes profiles, plates, sheets, strip and foil. So the word "simply" in 810294 matters. Sintered-only bars go to 810294. Worked or rolled flat products go to 810295.

Wire has its own code, 810296. Waste and scrap have theirs, 810297. Use 810299 only when the item is a molybdenum article that fits none of the others.

Always check the exact wording against your product papers. If you are still unsure, try the HS code classifier.

Molybdenum vs nearby Chapter 81 headings

Chapter 81 holds many metals with similar-sounding names. Mix-ups are common, so here are the closest cases.

Tungsten, also called wolfram, is not in 8102. It has its own heading, 8101. Manganese sits in 8111. Chromium, vanadium, niobium and several rarer metals share the combined heading 8112. Cermets, which mix ceramic and metal, are in 8113.

If your product is an alloy or a mixed material, check what the heading names first. Only goods that are molybdenum belong here.

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