8549.11.90.00 - Other 🖩

This category, HTS 8549.11.90.00, specifically covers "Other" waste and scrap of lead-acid accumulators, as well as spent lead-acid accumulators, that do not fall under the designated sibling category for the recovery of lead. This includes items such as damaged or non-functional lead-acid batteries where the primary purpose is not the direct extraction of lead. The scope encompasses a broad range of discarded lead-acid storage batteries from various applications, including automotive, industrial, and backup power systems, provided they are destined for processing or disposal and not solely for the recovery of their primary lead content.

This classification distinguishes itself from HTS 8549.11.10 by its residual nature. While 8549.11.10 is explicitly for scrap and spent accumulators designated for the *recovery of lead*, this category applies to all other waste and scrap of lead-acid accumulators and spent lead-acid accumulators. Therefore, if the primary intended use of the waste or spent accumulator is not the direct and immediate recovery of lead as the principal objective, it would be classified under this "Other" subheading.

As this is a leaf node in the HTS classification, there are no further subcategories. The classification is definitive at this level, meaning that once a waste or spent lead-acid accumulator is determined not to be solely for lead recovery, it falls into this residual category. Classification under this subheading relies on the absence of a specific classification under the lead recovery provision and the material fact that the item is indeed waste or scrap of a lead-acid accumulator or a spent lead-acid accumulator.