Code 2620 99 · Heading 2620

Metal-containing ash and residues, excluding the specifically listed metals and iron- and steel-making residues

This covers ash and residues containing metals or metal compounds, except residues from making iron or steel. It excludes ash and residues mainly containing zinc, lead, copper, aluminium, nickel, niobium, tantalum, tin or titanium, as well as the specifically described arsenic, mercury, thallium, antimony, beryllium, cadmium and chromium residues.

For example

Ash and residues mainly containing nickel
Ash and residues mainly containing niobium and tantalum
Ash and residues mainly containing tin
Ash and residues mainly containing titanium

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Slag, ash and residues, containing metals or metal compounds (excl. those from the manufacture of iron or steel, those containing primarily zinc, lead, copper or aluminium, those 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 and those containing antimony, beryllium, cadmium, chromium or their mixtures)

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Step 1 · Section V Mineral products
Is the product salt, sulphur, earth or stone, gypsum, lime or cement; an ore, slag or ash; or a mineral fuel, mineral oil, distillation product, bituminous substance or mineral wax?
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Step 2 · Chapter 26 Ores, slag and ash 2 of 3 chapters in section V
Is it an ore or concentrate—and, if so, which named metal—or is it granulated slag from iron and steel production, other iron and steel slag or waste, ash or residues containing arsenic, metals or their compounds other than from iron and steel production, or other slag or ash, including ash from seaweed or residues from burning municipal waste?
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Step 3 · Heading 2620 Slag, ash and residues containing metals, arsenic o… 20 of 21 headings under chapter 26
What does the ash or residue contain: galvanising raw zinc residues; mainly zinc; the specified lead-containing oil sludge or lead-containing sludge; mainly lead; mainly copper; mainly aluminium; arsenic, mercury or thallium, or mixtures of these, intended for extracting arsenic or those metals or for making their chemical compounds; antimony, beryllium, cadmium or chromium, or mixtures of these; or other metals or metal compounds—and does it come from iron and steel production?
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Step 4 · Subheading 2620 99 Slag, ash and residues, containing metals or metal … 9 of 9 subheadings under heading 2620
Are the ash or residues mainly containing nickel, niobium and tantalum, tin, or titanium—or do they contain other metals or metal compounds without being mainly made up of those metals and without falling into one of the specifically excluded groups?

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2620 11 Hard zinc spelter 0.0%
2620 19 Slag, ash and residues containing mainly zinc (excl. hard zinc spelter) 0.0%
2620 21 Leaded gasoline sludges and leaded anti-knock compound sludges, obtained from storage tanks of leaded gasoline and leaded anti-knock compounds and containing mainly lead, lead compounds and iron oxide 0.0%
2620 29 Slag, ash and residues containing mainly lead (excl. leaded gasoline sludges and leaded anti-knock compound sludges) 0.0%
2620 30 Slag, ash and residues containing mainly copper 0.0%
2620 40 Slag, as and residues containing mainly aluminium 0.0%
2620 60 Slag, 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 (excl. those from the manufacture of iron or steel) 0.0%
2620 91 Slag, ash and residues, containing antimony, beryllium, cadmium, chromium or their mixtures (excl. those from the manufacture of iron or steel) 0.0%
2620 99 Slag, ash and residues, containing metals or metal compounds (excl. those from the manufacture of iron or steel, those containing primarily zinc, lead, copper or aluminium, those 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 and those containing antimony, beryllium, cadmium, chromium or their mixtures) you are here 0.0%

Export to Norway

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26.20.9900

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

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Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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