Other
Cobalt articles, waste, and scrap, other than mattes
HSN 8105 90 00 (other cobalt articles, waste, and scrap) is not covered by a Bureau of Indian Standards Quality Control Order and carries no Partner Government Agency clearance requirement at the tariff-line level. Import follows the standard customs procedure: Importer-Exporter Code (IEC), bill of entry, commercial invoice, packing list. Other products within Chapter 81 — particularly cobalt mattes and intermediate metallurgical products — may be classified under sibling tariff lines that attract additional compliance scrutiny.
The residual nature of this tariff line — covering cobalt articles, waste, and scrap not elsewhere specified — creates meaningful misclassification exposure: cobalt mattes and intermediate metallurgical products are separately enumerated within heading 8105, and a customs examination that determines the goods belong to a more specific subheading triggers retrospective compliance and potential detention. Verify the precise form of the goods — wrought, unwrought, waste, scrap, or intermediate metallurgical product — against the customs tariff schedule before filing the bill of entry.