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Minor and specialty metals, articles, waste, and scrap (other)

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HSN 8112 99 00 covers residual minor and specialty metals — including beryllium, chromium, hafnium, rhenium, thallium, cadmium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, indium, and niobium — their articles, waste, and scrap not elsewhere classified under heading 8112, and 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, bill of entry, commercial invoice, packing list. Specific forms of these metals — refined primary metal, alloy intermediates, or articles with defined end-use — may be classifiable under more specific tariff lines within Chapter 81 that carry distinct compliance or export-control considerations.

No partner government agency notification covers this tariff line.

A word of counsel

The residual nature of this tariff line creates meaningful misclassification risk: individually named metals within heading 8112 each have their own subheadings, and a customs officer may reclassify an import to a named-metal subheading, triggering retrospective compliance. Cadmium and beryllium imports additionally attract scrutiny under hazardous substance frameworks; while no product-specific clearance applies at this line, end-use declarations and technical specifications should be retained to defend classification. Detention pending re-classification and retrospective duty recovery are the principal exposure.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 8112 99 00 require any pre-import registration?

A valid Importer-Exporter Code is required for any commercial import; no product-specific registration applies to this tariff line.

What changes if the metal being imported is one of the named metals listed in heading 8112?

Named metals such as beryllium, cadmium, or indium may be classifiable under a more specific subheading within Chapter 81, and re-classification by customs to that line could attract distinct compliance or duty implications.

Last verified against gazette notifications: 2026-05-16. Source: BIS / DGFT / Indian Customs CUSDATA.