# HS heading 81.13: Cermets and articles thereof, including waste and scrap

> HS heading 81.13 covers cermets and articles thereof, including waste and scrap. It is in chapter 81 (other base metals; cermets; articles thereof). It is not split further: its only subheading is 8113.00. National tariff lines under heading 81.13 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country).

Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/8113
Last updated: 11 October 2026

[HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 81](https://border.bot/hs-codes/81) / [81.13](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8113)

## Key facts

- Heading: 81.13
- Description: Cermets and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- Chapter: 81: Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof
- Subheadings: 1
- Edition: HS2022

## What this code covers

HS heading 81.13 covers cermets and articles thereof, including waste and scrap.

It is not split further: its only subheading is 8113.00.

- [8113.00](https://border.bot/hs-codes/811300) Cermets and articles thereof, including waste and scrap

## What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of chapter 81 are classified in its other 11 headings, listed below.

- [81.01](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8101) Tungsten (wolfram) and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- [81.02](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8102) Molybdenum and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- [81.03](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8103) Tantalum and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- [81.04](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8104) Magnesium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- [81.05](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8105) Cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy; cobalt and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- [81.06](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8106) Bismuth and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- [81.08](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8108) Titanium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- [81.09](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8109) Zirconium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- [81.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8110) Antimony and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- [81.11](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8111) Manganese and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
- [81.12](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8112) Beryllium, chromium, hafnium, rhenium, thallium, cadmium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, indium and niobium (columbium), and articles of these metals, including waste and scrap

## How it is structured

Heading 81.13 is one of 12 headings in chapter 81. Its first two digits, 81, are the chapter; the next two, 13, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (8113.00).

## In other countries

National tariff lines under heading 81.13 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country).

- [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/811300): 1 line, used by 1 other country

- Previous heading: [81.12](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8112) Beryllium, chromium, hafnium, rhenium, thallium, cadmium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, indium and niobium (columbium), and articles of these metals, including waste and scrap
- Next heading: [82.01](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8201) Hand tools, the following: spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks and rakes; axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools; secateurs and pruners of any kind; scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS heading 81.13 cover?

HS heading 81.13 covers cermets and articles thereof, including waste and scrap.

### Which chapter is HS heading 81.13 in?

HS heading 81.13 is in chapter 81 (other base metals; cermets; articles thereof).

### How many subheadings does HS heading 81.13 have?

HS heading 81.13 has one subheading, 8113.00.

### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS heading 81.13?

National tariff lines under heading 81.13 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country).

## Sources and updates

The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026.

This page was last updated on 11 October 2026.

Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.

Machine-readable: https://border.bot/hs-codes/8113.json