8104.20.00.00 - Waste and scrap

This HTS category, 8104.20.00.00, specifically covers waste and scrap of magnesium. This includes materials that are no longer suitable for their original use but can be reprocessed and recycled into new magnesium products. Examples might include discarded magnesium parts, manufacturing offcuts, or used magnesium alloys intended for remelting. The key defining characteristic is that the material is in a waste or scrap form and is primarily composed of magnesium.

This classification is distinct from its siblings. For instance, 8104.30.00.00 covers specific forms of magnesium like raspings, turnings, granules, and powders, which are typically processed to a particular size and form for specific industrial applications, rather than being general waste. The "Other" category (8104.90.00.00) would encompass any magnesium articles that do not fall into the unwrought, waste/scrap, or specific processed forms like powders or granules.

As this is a leaf node, there are no further subcategories. Therefore, classification within this code relies heavily on the physical state of the material being unequivocally waste or scrap of magnesium, suitable for recycling, and not fitting into the more precisely defined categories of unwrought metal or specifically processed forms of magnesium like powders or granules.