Red Brass Scrap (Composition)

Typical applications

• Red brass ingot makers
• Bronze and brass foundries

Technical specification (indicative)

The 6-digit HS subheading is internationally harmonised; confirm the full national tariff line with your customs broker.

Grade definition — Ebony

Red brass scrap, valves, machinery bearings and other machinery parts, including miscellaneous castings of copper, tin, zinc and/or lead. Free of semi-red brass castings (78–81% Cu), railroad car boxes and similar high-lead alloys, cocks and faucets, closed water meters, gates, pot pieces, ingots and burned brass, aluminium, silicon and manganese bronzes, iron and non-metallics. No piece over 12 in or 100 lb unless agreed.

Source: ReMA/ISRI Scrap Specifications Circular 2024. Summarised in our own words; the published standard prevails.

Packaging and container loading

Estimated loading quantities — subject to the material's packing density, the actual container payload and applicable transport weight limits.

Inspection and quality verification

Grade, weight and contamination are checked before loading by visual inspection. Where the contract specifies it, an independent pre-shipment inspection (for example by SGS, Bureau Veritas or Intertek) and laboratory analysis — electrolytic assay for copper, XRF/OES analysis for alloys — can be agreed. Loading photographs and weighbridge tickets are normally part of the shipping documents. The inspection agency, sampling method and acceptance criteria are fixed in the contract.

Alloy is normally verified by handheld XRF analysis at loading; turnings are sold subject to sample or analysis.

Import compliance

Imports of metal scrap are regulated in many countries (import licences, pre-shipment inspection certificates, radiation checks). Buyers are responsible for confirming that the grade may be imported at the destination before contracting.