“There’s no official announcement on top of the tariffs [on US recyclable copper materials],” US-based David Chiao, president of Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), non-ferrous division, said.
“Can our clients reclaim the 25% tariff for US recyclable copper materials? They don’t know. In this case, most people are just holding their shipments to China,” Chiao added.
In August 2018, China imposed a 25%...