### Question
Can you define what product of smelting or refining means?


### Answer
**Product of smelting or refining** is defined as the following in *19 U.S.C. § 1312*:

> metals or metal-bearing materials resulting directly from smelting or refining processes, but does not include metal-bearing ores of chapter 26 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

#### Citation:
  - *19 U.S.C. § 1312*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 4-TARIFF ACT OF 1930 > SUBTITLE II-SPECIAL PROVISIONS > Part I-Miscellaneous**

