Revised HS/HTS Code 2025: Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) Code of the United States for ores, slag and ash.
Chapter-26 Harmonized System Code
Ores, slag and ash
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 8549); or
(g) Copper, nickel or cobalt mattes produced by any process of smelting (section XV).
| HS Code or HTS/HSN | Description of Goods |
|---|---|
| 2601 | Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites: |
| 2602 | Manganese ores and concentrates, including ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates with a manganese content of 20 percent or more, calculated on the dry weight |
| 2603 | Copper ores and concentrates |
| 2604 | Nickel ores and concentrates |
| 2605 | Cobalt ores and concentrates |
| 2606 | Aluminum ores and concentrates |
| 2607 | Lead ores and concentrates |
| 2608 | Zinc ores and concentrates |
| 2609 | Tin ores and concentrates |
| 2610 | Chromium ores and concentrates |
| 2611 | Tungsten ores and concentrates |
| 2612 | Uranium or thorium ores and concentrates |
| 2613 | Molybdenum ores and concentrates |
| 2614 | Titanium ores and concentrates |
| 2615 | Niobium (columbium), tantalum, vanadium or zirconium ores and concentrates: |
| 2616 | Precious metal ores and concentrates: |
| 2617 | Other ores and concentrates |
| 2618 | Granulated slag (slag sand) from the manufacture of iron or steel |
| 2619 | Slag, dross (other than granulated slag), scalings and other waste from the manufacture of iron or steel |
| 2620 | Slag, ash and residues (other than from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing arsenic, metals or their compounds: |
| 2621 | Other slag and ash, including seaweed ash (kelp); ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste: |

