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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM SD
Specialized Disclosure Report


John Bean Technologies Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware001-3403691-1650317
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(Commission File Number)(IRS Employer Identification)
No.

70 West Madison Street, Suite 4400, Chicago, Illinois60602
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip code)


James L. Marvin, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
(312) 861-5900
(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to
contact in connection with this report.)

Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:

    ü Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2020.



Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosures and Report

In accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (“Rule 13p-1”), John Bean Technologies Corporation (“JBT”) has filed this Specialized Disclosure Report (“Form SD”) and the associated Conflict Minerals Report and both reports are posted on the Company's website ( http://www.jbtc.com/investors/sec-filings ). JBT has included its Conflict Minerals Report as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.

Item 1.02 Exhibit

JBT has included its Conflict Minerals Report as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.

Section 2 – Exhibits

Item 2.01 Exhibits






SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.

John Bean Technologies Corporation

By:/s/ Jessi L. CorcoranDate: May 26, 2021
Name:Jessi L. Corcoran
Title: Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer


EX-1.01 2 exhibit1012020jbtformsd.htm EX-1.01 Document


Exhibit 1.01

John Bean Technologies Corporation

Conflict Minerals Report

For the Calendar Year Ended December 31, 2020

This report for the calendar year ended December 31, 2020 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Rule”). Unless otherwise specified or indicated by the context, JBT Corporation, JBT, we, us, our and the Company refer to John Bean Technologies Corporation and its subsidiaries. In accordance with the Rule, the information presented in this report does not include products manufactured by businesses acquired after May 1, 2019.

JBT has reason to believe that some of the 3TGs (as defined below) present in its supply chain may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (collectively referred to as the “Covered Countries”). We are unable to determine the origin of the 3TGs in our products and therefore cannot exclude the possibility that some may have originated in the Covered Countries. For that reason, we are required under the Rule to submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission a Conflict Minerals Report (“CMR”) as an Exhibit to Form SD. In accordance with the instructions to Form SD, this CMR has not been audited by an independent private sector auditor.

The term “conflict mineral” is defined in Section 1502(e)(4) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act as (A) columbite-tantalite, also known as coltan (the metal ore from which tantalum is extracted); cassiterite (the metal ore from which tin is extracted); gold; wolframite (the metal ore from which tungsten is extracted); or their derivatives; or (B) any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country. Gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite and wolframite, and their derivatives, tin, tungsten and tantalum are hereinafter referred to collectively as “3TGs.”


Forward-Looking Statement

This report and other materials filed by JBT, as well as information in oral statements or other written statements made or to be made by us, contain statements that are, or may be considered to be, forward-looking statements. All statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs or expectations, are forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of “seeks”, “approximately”, “predicts”, “intends”, “outlook”, “believes”, “expects”, “potential”, “continues”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “plans”, “estimates”, “anticipates”, “foresees” or the negative version of those words or other comparable words or phrases. Any forward-looking statements contained in this report are based upon our historical performance and on current plans, estimates and expectations. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements about our compliance efforts and our ability to engage suppliers to obtain information. The inclusion of this forward-looking information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that the future plans, estimates or expectations contemplated by us will be achieved.

We believe that the factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from expectations include but are not limited to the factors we described in our Form 10-K under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” If one or more of those or other risks or uncertainties materialize, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may vary materially from what we projected. Consequently, actual events and results may vary significantly from those included in or contemplated or implied by our forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this report are made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement made by us or on our behalf, whether as a result of new information, future developments, subsequent events or changes in circumstances or otherwise.


1. Company Overview

We are a leading global technology solutions provider to high-value segments of the food and beverage industry with focus on proteins, diversified food and health and automated guided vehicle systems. JBT designs, produces and services sophisticated products and systems for multi-national and regional customers through its FoodTech segment. JBT also sells critical equipment and services to domestic and international air transportation customers through its AeroTech segment.


The product offerings of our FoodTech businesses include:

Protein. Our Protein offerings include primary, secondary and further value-added poultry processing, mixing/grinding, injecting, marinating, tumbling, portioning, packaging, coating, cooking, frying, freezing, weighing, and X-ray food inspection.




Diversified Food & Health. Our Diversified Food & Health offerings include processing, preserving, and packaging which support a large and growing portfolio of food and health end markets in extracting, mixing, blending, pasteurizing, sterilizing, concentrating, high pressure processing, filling, closing, sealing, and final packaging.

Automated Guided Vehicle Systems. We also provide stand-alone, fully-integrated, and dual-mode robotic systems for material movement requirements with a wide variety of applications including manufacturing and warehouse facilities.

JBT AeroTech markets its solutions and services to domestic and international airport authorities, passenger airlines, airfreight and ground handling companies, military forces and defense contractors. The product offerings of our AeroTech businesses include:

Mobile Equipment. Our mobile air transportation equipment includes commercial and military cargo loading, aircraft deicing, aircraft towing, and aircraft ground power and cooling systems.

Fixed Equipment. JBT AeroTech provides gate equipment for passenger boarding.

Airport Services. JBT AeroTech also maintains airport equipment, systems, and facilities.
Our products may contain conflict minerals within the following components:

Tantalum, used in capacitors
Tin, used in soldered components
Tungsten, used in coatings, alloys, heating elements and electrodes
Gold, used in circuit boards, electrodes and electronic components
Our policy regarding Conflicts Minerals is posted on our website under “About Us” “Environmental, Social & Governance” and may be accessed via the following link: https://www.jbtc.com/en/north-america/about-us/esg/governance


2. Description of Reasonable County of Origin Inquiry and Conclusion

We engaged Assent Compliance Inc. (“Assent”) to assist in developing our approach to conduct in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”). Assent is a recognized software and consulting provider supporting companies’ regulatory compliance.

JBT’s RCOI employed a combination of measures to determine whether the necessary 3TGs in JBT products originated from the Covered Countries. JBT’s primary means of determining country of origin of necessary 3TGs was by conducting a supply chain survey through Assent with direct JBT suppliers using the RBA-GeSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”).

JBT began its scoping process by compiling a list of direct suppliers of materials for JBT’s businesses that were likely to source materials that might contain 3TGs. This list was then filtered to remove suppliers of direct materials for all business units sourced prior to January 1, 2020.

The first two questions in the CMRT allowed for further scoping as they ask suppliers whether any of the 3TGs are intentionally added and if they are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. Assent conducted additional analysis of the supply chain and, in combination with supplier feedback, discovered that 98% of the suppliers surveyed remained in scope.

JBT surveyed its suppliers via the Assent Compliance Manager, a software platform licensed by JBT to log and track supplier communications. This platform also allows suppliers to upload completed CMRTs directly to the platform for assessment and management. In their responses, suppliers specified whether information was being provided at the company level or the product level. Non-responsive suppliers were contacted a minimum of three times by the Assent Compliance Manager and also via one-on-one communications. For the 2020 reporting period, JBT received responses from 31% of its in-scope suppliers. Of the 579 suppliers that provided a response, 15.9% reported that their products contained 3TGs necessary to the functionality or production of their products.

We provided training and education on the completion of the CMRT to assist suppliers in accurately completing the survey questions in the CMRT.

All of these communications were monitored and tracked in the Assent Compliance Manager for future reporting and transparency.

JBT’s survey process with Assent includes automated data validation on all submitted CMRTs. The goal of data validation is to increase the accuracy of submissions and identify any contradictory answers in the CMRT. This data validation is based on the construction and relationship of the questions submitted to the suppliers in the CMRT. Suppliers must provide the minimum responses to the CMRT in order to determine the scope of applicability of the remaining CMRT questions - this aligns with the design of the CMRT itself. The remainder of the questions are then automatically assessed for consistency. All submitted forms are accepted and classified as valid or invalid, preserving all of the data submitted for record keeping purposes. Suppliers are contacted in regard to invalid forms and are strongly encouraged to resubmit a valid form. As of April 13th, 2021, there were 5 (0.8%) invalid supplier submissions.





As a result of its assessment, JBT has concluded in good faith that during calendar year 2020:

a.JBT has manufactured or contracted to manufacture products as to which 3TGs are necessary to the functionality or production of such products.

a.Based on its RCOI, JBT is unable to determine whether a portion of its necessary 3TGs originated or may have originated in the Covered Countries and is unable to determine whether those necessary 3TGs may not be from recycle or scrap sources.


3. Due Diligence Process and Results

Our due diligence measures have been designed to conform, in all material respects, with the framework in The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (“OECD Guidance”) and the related Supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten. The 5 steps of due diligence are:

1.Establishing strong company management systems regarding conflict minerals;
2.Identifying and assessing risks in our supply chain;
3.Designing and implementing a strategy to respond to identified risks in our supply chain;
4.Utilizing independent third-party audits of supply chain diligence; and
5.Publicly reporting on our supply chain due diligence.
We are a downstream supplier, many steps removed from the mining of 3TG. A large number of suppliers, through multiple tiers of distribution, supply the components and materials integrated into our products. Furthermore, JBT does not purchase raw ore or unrefined conflict minerals or make purchases from the Covered Countries. The origin of the conflict minerals cannot be determined with any certainty once the raw ores are smelted, refined and converted to ingots, bullion or other conflict mineral containing derivatives. The smelters and refiners consolidate raw ore and represent the best actors in the total supply chain to possess knowledge of the origin of the ores they procure.

The OECD Guidance specifies that the requirements for compliance should reflect a company’s position in the supply chain. In particular, the OECD Guidance states that the implementation of due diligence should be tailored to a company’s activities and relationships and that the nature and extent of due diligence may vary based on a company’s size, products, relationships with suppliers and other factors. Due to practical difficulties associated with supply chain complexities, the OECD Guidance advises that downstream companies exercise due diligence primarily by establishing controls over their immediate suppliers. Accordingly, we rely primarily on our “tier 1” (direct) suppliers to provide information with respect to the origin of the conflict minerals contained in the components and materials supplied to us.

3.1. Management Systems

Internal Team

JBT has established a management system for conflict minerals. Our management system includes a Conflict Minerals team sponsored by JBT’s executive management, as well as engineering and sourcing resources within JBT’s business segments. The Conflict Minerals Team includes subject matter experts from relevant corporate functions such as:

Controller
General Counsel
Global Sourcing

The team is responsible for implementing our conflict minerals compliance strategy and is led by the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Control Systems

As described above, we have adopted a Conflict Minerals policy which is posted on our website at https://www.jbtc.com/en/north-america/about-us/esg/governance

JBT’s standard purchase order form terms and conditions include a requirement that suppliers comply with all local laws including those pertaining to business integrity.

As we do not typically have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners, and due to our position in the supply chain and limited insight into deeper levels of the supply chain, we seek to be engaged and actively cooperate with other major manufacturers in the industry regarding 3TG sourcing matters.




Supplier Engagement

With respect to the OECD requirement to strengthen engagement with suppliers, we have provided education with respect to conflict minerals regulations as well as our expectations for a continued business relationship, and leveraged the existing communications with our supplier base as is available. We put a strong emphasis on supplier education and training. To accomplish this, we utilized Assent’s learning management system, Assent University, and provided all in-scope suppliers access to their Conflict Minerals training course. All suppliers are encouraged to complete all modules within this course.

Grievance Mechanism

We have a hotline whereby employees can report violations of JBT’s policies. Employees are encouraged to report concerns about compliance with policies to their managers, their human resources representative or company counsel unless they prefer to remain anonymous and utilize the hotline.

Maintain Records

We have adopted a policy to retain relevant documentation. Documentation will be retained for a minimum period of five years based on OECD guidance.

3.2 Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain

In accordance with OECD Guidelines, it is important to understand risk levels associated with conflict minerals in the supply chain. Smelters not being certified DRC conflict-free pose a risk to the supply chain. Each facility that meets the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”) definition of a smelter or refiner of a 3TGs mineral is assessed according to red flag indicators defined in the OECD Guidance. There are numerous factors to determine the level of risk that each smelter poses to the supply chain by identifying red flags. These factors include:

Geographic proximity to the DRC and covered countries;
Known mineral source country of origin;
Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) audit status;
Credible evidence of unethical or conflict sourcing; and
Peer Assessments conducted by credible third-party sources.

As part of our risk management plan under the OECD Guidance, when facilities with red flags were reported on a CMRT by one of the suppliers surveyed, risk mitigation activities are initiated. CMRT submissions that include any red flag facilities immediately produce a receipt instructing the supplier to take their own risk mitigation actions, including submission of a product specific CMRT to better identify the connection to products that they supply to JBT, and escalating up to removal of these red flag smelters from their supply chain.

Consistent with the OECD Guidance, risk mitigation will depend on the supplier’s specific context. Suppliers are given clear performance objectives within reasonable timeframes with the ultimate goal of progressive elimination of these risks from the supply chain.

In addition, suppliers are guided to the Assent University learning platform to engage in educational materials on mitigating the risk of smelters or refiners on the supply chain.

If any smelter or refiner is not recognized by the RMI, Assent conducts outreach and research to gain more information about whether they are a smelter or a refiner, sourcing practices, location, and country of origin. Additionally, if any smelter is not certified conflict-free, Assent conducts outreach providing education on the RMAP and encouraging them to join this program.

We also calculate supplier risk based on the risk ratings of the smelters declared by that supplier on their CMRT.

Additionally, suppliers are evaluated on program strength (further assisting in identifying risk in the supply chain). At this stage, evaluating and tracking the strength of the program meets the OECD Guidelines and can assist in making key risk mitigation decisions as the program progresses. The criteria used to evaluate the strength of the program are based on the following CMRT questions:

A. Have you established a conflict minerals sourcing policy?

E. Have you implemented due diligence measures for conflict-free sourcing?

G. Do you review due diligence information received from your suppliers against your company’s expectations?

H. Does your review process include corrective action management?

When suppliers meet or exceed those criteria, they are deemed to have a strong program. When suppliers do not meet those criteria, they are deemed to have a weak program.




3.3 Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks

In response to this risk assessment, we have a risk management plan, through which the conflict minerals program is implemented, managed and monitored.

As part of our risk management plan, to ensure suppliers understand our expectations we have provided both video, recorded training and documented instructions through Assent’s compliance supply chain staff. As the program progresses, contacts via email and phone by our business segments may be utilized to communicate the importance of a response via CMRTs to Assent and the required cooperation for compliance without conflict minerals policies will be emphasized.

We expect any of our suppliers that we have reason to believe are supplying us with 3TGs from sources that may support conflict in the Covered Countries, to establish an alternative source of 3TGs that does not support such conflict, as provided in the OECD guidance. During calendar year 2020, we have found no instances where it was necessary to terminate a contract or find a replacement supplier.

3.4 Carry out Independent Third-Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence at Identified Points in the Supply Chain

We do not have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners and do not presently perform or direct audits of these entities within our supply chain. JBT depends on audits performed and submitted to the RMI for conflict-free certifications.

3.5 Report Annually on Supply Chain Due Diligence

We report annually on supply chain due diligence by filing a Form SD and a Conflict Minerals Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our Form SD and Conflict Minerals Report can be found on the Investor Relations page of our website https://www.jbtc.com/en/north-america/investors/sec-filings


4. Due Diligence Results

Survey Results

For the 2020 reporting year, JBT received a CMRT from 31% of the suppliers surveyed. All final CMRT submissions were reviewed and validated to ensure no inaccuracies or gaps in data were found. 5 suppliers were unable to correct their CMRT and as such, are still listed as invalid submissions. We surveyed a total of 1,994 in scope suppliers and received 579 CMRT submissions by April 13th, 2020.

Certain of the responses provided by the Company’s suppliers to the CMRT included the names of smelters or refiners. See Appendix A - Validated Smelter List. Assent compared these facilities listed in the responses to the list of smelters and refiners maintained by the RMI, and, if a supplier indicated that the facility was certified as “Conflict-Free”, Assent confirmed that the name was listed as such by RMI. Assent, using the sources above, has validated 332 smelters and refiners (“SORs”) disclosed by the Company’s suppliers on submitted CMRTs. Going forward, Assent is continuing to validate additional SORs from the submitted CMRTs.

The information that we received from a majority of our direct suppliers was at their company-wide level. Thus, the smelters or refiners identified by our suppliers contained in Appendix A below may include smelters or refiners that processed conflict minerals that our suppliers supplied to their other customers, but not to us. As a result, we are unable to conclusively determine whether the smelters or refiners included in the tables below were used to process the conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of our products during calendar year 2020. Because of this uncertainty, we are also unable to conclusively determine whether each of the countries of origin listed above were the country of origin of conflict minerals in our products during calendar year 2020, and we are therefore also unable to conclusively determine the source and chain of custody of those conflict minerals. In addition, the third-party audits conducted on smelters as part of the RMAP and the information that we receive from our suppliers may yield inaccurate or incomplete information. For example, the information received from our suppliers may be incomplete because they may not have received accurate and complete conflict minerals information from all of the suppliers in their own supply chain. We also do not have access to audit reports or detailed findings of the third-party audits conducted as part of the RMAP and, as a result, are not responsible for the quality of these audits or the audit findings.

Appendix A to this CMR lists the smelters and refiners that the suppliers we surveyed reported as being in their supply chains. We have not listed in Appendix A any smelters or refiners that we have not been able to validate. Appendix A also includes an aggregated list of the potential countries of origin from which the reported facilities collectively source conflict minerals, based on information provided by our suppliers and RMI.

Many of our surveyed suppliers are still unable to provide the smelters or refiners used for materials they supplied to us. Furthermore, many of the responses provided at the company or division level indicated an “unknown” status in terms of determining the origin of 3TGs.

As noted above, the current efforts focus on gathering smelter information via the CMRT and requesting full completion of all necessary smelter identification information which will enable the validation and disclosure of the smelters as well as the tracing of the 3TGs to their location of origin.




We believe that the inquiries and assessment processes described above represent a reasonable effort to determine the origin of the 3TGs in our products, including (1) seeking information about 3TG smelters and refiners in our supply chain through requesting that our suppliers complete the CMRT, (2) verifying those smelters and refiners with the expanding RMI lists, (3) conducting the due diligence review, and (4) obtaining additional documentation and verification, as applicable.


5. Risk Mitigation and Program Improvement Steps

We intend to take the following steps to improve the due diligence conducted to further mitigate any risk that the necessary 3TGs in our products could benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries:

a. Engage with suppliers and provide training resources to attempt to increase the response rate and improve the content of the supplier survey responses.
b. Engage any of our suppliers found to be supplying us with 3TGs from sources that support conflict in the Covered Countries to establish an alternative source of 3TGs that does not support such conflict.
c. Encourage our suppliers to have due diligence procedures in place for their supply chains to improve the content of the responses from such suppliers.
d. Continue to include a conflict minerals flow-down clause in new or renewed supplier contracts and in the terms and conditions of each purchase order issued to direct suppliers of materials for JBT businesses likely to source materials that might contain 3TGs.






Appendix A - Validated Smelter List


MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility LocationSmelter ID
Gold8853 S.p.A.ITALYCID002763
GoldAbington Reldan Metals, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID002708
GoldAdvanced Chemical CompanyUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID000015
GoldAfrican Gold RefineryUGANDACID003185
GoldAida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.JAPANCID000019
GoldAl Etihad Gold Refinery DMCCUNITED ARAB EMIRATESCID002560
GoldAlexy MetalsUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID003500
GoldAllgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.GERMANYCID000035
GoldAlmalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)UZBEKISTANCID000041
GoldAngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio MineracaoBRAZILCID000058
GoldArgor-Heraeus S.A.SWITZERLANDCID000077
GoldAsahi Pretec Corp.JAPANCID000082
GoldAsahi Refining Canada Ltd.CANADACID000924
GoldAsahi Refining USA Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACID000920
GoldAsaka Riken Co., Ltd.JAPANCID000090
GoldAtasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.TURKEYCID000103
GoldAU Traders and RefinersSOUTH AFRICACID002850
GoldAugmont Enterprises Private LimitedINDIACID003461
GoldAurubis AGGERMANYCID000113
GoldBangalore RefineryINDIACID002863
GoldBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)PHILIPPINESCID000128
GoldBoliden ABSWEDENCID000157
GoldC. Hafner GmbH + Co. KGGERMANYCID000176
GoldC.I Metales Procesados Industriales SASCOLOMBIACID003421
GoldCaridadMEXICOCID000180
GoldCCR Refinery - Glencore Canada CorporationCANADACID000185
GoldCendres + Metaux S.A.SWITZERLANDCID000189
GoldCGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.INDIACID003382
GoldChimet S.p.A.ITALYCID000233
GoldChugai MiningJAPANCID000264
GoldDaye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.CHINACID000343
GoldDegussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbHGERMANYCID002867
GoldDijllah Gold Refinery FZCUNITED ARAB EMIRATESCID003348
GoldDODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbHGERMANYCID000362
GoldDowaJAPANCID000401
GoldDS PRETECH Co., Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID003195
GoldDSC (Do Sung Corporation)KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID000359
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East PlantJAPANCID000425
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North PlantJAPANCID003424
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West PlantJAPANCID003425
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 1)INDIACID003487
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 2)INDIACID003488
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 3)INDIACID003489
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 4)INDIACID003490
GoldEmirates Gold DMCCUNITED ARAB EMIRATESCID002561
GoldFidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.ZIMBABWECID002515



GoldFujairah Gold FZCUNITED ARAB EMIRATESCID002584
GoldGCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.INDIACID002852
GoldGeib Refining CorporationUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID002459
GoldGold Coast RefineryGHANACID003186
GoldGold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.CHINACID002243
GoldGreat Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPMCHINACID001909
GoldGuangdong Jinding Gold LimitedCHINACID002312
GoldGuoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINACID000651
GoldHangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINACID000671
GoldHeimerle + Meule GmbHGERMANYCID000694
GoldHeraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.CHINACID000707
GoldHeraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KGGERMANYCID000711
GoldHunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.CHINACID000767
GoldHunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINACID000773
GoldHwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID000778
GoldInner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.CHINACID000801
GoldInternational Precious Metal RefinersUNITED ARAB EMIRATESCID002562
GoldIshifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.JAPANCID000807
GoldIstanbul Gold RefineryTURKEYCID000814
GoldItalpreziosiITALYCID002765
GoldJALAN & CompanyINDIACID002893
GoldJapan MintJAPANCID000823
GoldJiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.CHINACID000855
GoldJSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing PlantRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID000927
GoldJSC UralelectromedRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID000929
GoldJX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.JAPANCID000937
GoldK.A. RasmussenNORWAYCID003497
GoldKaloti Precious MetalsUNITED ARAB EMIRATESCID002563
GoldKazakhmys Smelting LLCKAZAKHSTANCID000956
GoldKazzincKAZAKHSTANCID000957
GoldKennecott Utah Copper LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID000969
GoldKGHM Polska Miedz Spolka AkcyjnaPOLANDCID002511
GoldKojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.JAPANCID000981
GoldKorea Zinc Co., Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID002605
GoldKundan Care Products Ltd.INDIACID003463
GoldKyrgyzaltyn JSCKYRGYZSTANCID001029
GoldKyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAORUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID002865
GoldL'azurde Company For JewelrySAUDI ARABIACID001032
GoldLingbao Gold Co., Ltd.CHINACID001056
GoldLingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINACID001058
GoldL'Orfebre S.A.ANDORRACID002762
GoldLS-NIKKO Copper Inc.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID001078
GoldLT Metal Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID000689
GoldLuoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINACID001093
GoldMarsam MetalsBRAZILCID002606
GoldMaterionUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID001113
GoldMatsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.JAPANCID001119
GoldMD OverseasINDIACID003548
GoldMetal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.SOUTH AFRICACID003575
GoldMetallix Refining Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACID003557



GoldMetalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.CHINACID001149
GoldMetalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.SINGAPORECID001152
GoldMetalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.CHINACID001147
GoldMetalor Technologies S.A.SWITZERLANDCID001153
GoldMetalor USA Refining CorporationUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID001157
GoldMetalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.MEXICOCID001161
GoldMitsubishi Materials CorporationJAPANCID001188
GoldMitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.JAPANCID001193
GoldMMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.INDIACID002509
GoldModeltech Sdn BhdMALAYSIACID002857
GoldMorris and WatsonNEW ZEALANDCID002282
GoldMoscow Special Alloys Processing PlantRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID001204
GoldNadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.TURKEYCID001220
GoldNavoi Mining and Metallurgical CombinatUZBEKISTANCID001236
GoldNH Recytech CompanyKOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID003189
GoldNihon Material Co., Ltd.JAPANCID001259
GoldOgussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbHAUSTRIACID002779
GoldOhura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.JAPANCID001325
GoldOJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)RUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID001326
GoldOJSC Novosibirsk RefineryRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID000493
GoldPAMP S.A.SWITZERLANDCID001352
GoldPease & CurrenUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID002872
GoldPenglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACID001362
GoldPlanta Recuperadora de Metales SpACHILECID002919
GoldPrioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous MetalsRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID001386
GoldPT Aneka Tambang (Persero) TbkINDONESIACID001397
GoldPX Precinox S.A.SWITZERLANDCID001498
GoldQG Refining, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID003324
GoldRand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.SOUTH AFRICACID001512
GoldRefinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.CHINACID000522
GoldREMONDIS PMR B.V.NETHERLANDSCID002582
GoldRoyal Canadian MintCANADACID001534
GoldSAAMPFRANCECID002761
GoldSabin Metal Corp.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACID001546
GoldSafimet S.p.AITALYCID002973
GoldSAFINA A.S.CZECH REPUBLICCID002290
GoldSai RefineryINDIACID002853
GoldSamduck Precious MetalsKOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID001555
GoldSamwon Metals Corp.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID001562
GoldSancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA)COLOMBIACID003529
GoldSAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbHGERMANYCID002777
GoldSellem Industries Ltd.MAURITANIACID003540
GoldSEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.SPAINCID001585
GoldShandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINACID002525
GoldShandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.CHINACID001619
GoldShandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINACID001622
GoldShenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACID002527
GoldShirpur Gold Refinery Ltd.INDIACID002588
GoldSichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACID001736
GoldSingway Technology Co., Ltd.TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINACID002516



GoldSOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious MetalsRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID001756
GoldSolar Applied Materials Technology Corp.TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINACID001761
GoldSovereign MetalsINDIACID003383
GoldState Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and TechnologyLITHUANIACID003153
GoldSudan Gold RefinerySUDANCID002567
GoldSumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.JAPANCID001798
GoldSungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID002918
GoldT.C.A S.p.AITALYCID002580
GoldTanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.JAPANCID001875
GoldThe Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.CHINACID001916
GoldTokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.JAPANCID001938
GoldTongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.CHINACID001947
GoldTony Goetz NVBELGIUMCID002587
GoldTOO Tau-Ken-AltynKAZAKHSTANCID002615
GoldTorecomKOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID001955
GoldUmicore Precious Metals ThailandTHAILANDCID002314
GoldUmicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals RefiningBELGIUMCID001980
GoldUnited Precious Metal Refining, Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACID001993
GoldValcambi S.A.SWITZERLANDCID002003
GoldWestern Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)AUSTRALIACID002030
GoldWIELAND Edelmetalle GmbHGERMANYCID002778
GoldYamakin Co., Ltd.JAPANCID002100
GoldYokohama Metal Co., Ltd.JAPANCID002129
GoldYunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACID000197
GoldZhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold CorporationCHINACID002224
TantalumAsaka Riken Co., Ltd.JAPANCID000092
TantalumChangsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINACID000211
TantalumD Block Metals, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID002504
TantalumExotech Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACID000456
TantalumF&X Electro-Materials Ltd.CHINACID000460
TantalumFIR Metals & Resource Ltd.CHINACID002505
TantalumGlobal Advanced Metals AizuJAPANCID002558
TantalumGlobal Advanced Metals BoyertownUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID002557
TantalumGuangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.CHINACID000616
TantalumH.C. Starck Co., Ltd.THAILANDCID002544
TantalumH.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbHGERMANYCID002547
TantalumH.C. Starck Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACID002548
TantalumH.C. Starck Ltd.JAPANCID002549
TantalumH.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KGGERMANYCID002550
TantalumH.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbHGERMANYCID002545
TantalumHengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.CHINACID002492
TantalumJiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINACID002512
TantalumJiangxi Tuohong New Raw MaterialCHINACID002842
TantalumJiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACID000914
TantalumJiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.CHINACID000917
TantalumJiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINACID002506
TantalumKEMET Blue MetalsMEXICOCID002539
TantalumLSM Brasil S.A.BRAZILCID001076
TantalumMetallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.INDIACID001163
TantalumMineracao Taboca S.A.BRAZILCID001175



TantalumMitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.JAPANCID001192
TantalumNingxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACID001277
TantalumNPM Silmet ASESTONIACID001200
TantalumPRG DooelNORTH MACEDONIA, REPUBLIC OFCID002847
TantalumQuantumCleanUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID001508
TantalumResind Industria e Comercio Ltda.BRAZILCID002707
TantalumSolikamsk Magnesium Works OAORUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID001769
TantalumTaki Chemical Co., Ltd.JAPANCID001869
TantalumTelex MetalsUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID001891
TantalumUlba Metallurgical Plant JSCKAZAKHSTANCID001969
TantalumXinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.CHINACID002508
TantalumYanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINACID001522
TinAlphaUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID000292
TinAn Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing CompanyVIETNAMCID002703
TinChenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.CHINACID000228
TinChifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACID003190
TinChina Tin Group Co., Ltd.CHINACID001070
TinCRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil LtdaBRAZILCID003486
TinCRM SynergiesSPAINCID003524
TinCV Ayi JayaINDONESIACID002570
TinCV Venus Inti PerkasaINDONESIACID002455
TinDongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.CHINACID003356
TinDowaJAPANCID000402
TinElectro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock CompanyVIETNAMCID002572
TinEM VintoBOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)CID000438
TinEstanho de Rondonia S.A.BRAZILCID000448
TinFenix MetalsPOLANDCID000468
TinGejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.CHINACID003410
TinGejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical PlantCHINACID002848
TinGejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLCCHINACID000942
TinGejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.CHINACID000538
TinGejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.CHINACID001908
TinGejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.CHINACID000555
TinGuangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.CHINACID003116
TinHuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACID002844
TinJiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.CHINACID001231
TinLuna Smelter, Ltd.RWANDACID003387
TinMa'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.CHINACID003379
TinMagnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.BRAZILCID002468
TinMalaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)MALAYSIACID001105
TinMelt Metais e Ligas S.A.BRAZILCID002500
TinMetallic Resources, Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACID001142
TinMetallo Belgium N.V.BELGIUMCID002773
TinMetallo Spain S.L.U.SPAINCID002774
TinMineracao Taboca S.A.BRAZILCID001173
TinMinsurPERUCID001182
TinMitsubishi Materials CorporationJAPANCID001191
TinModeltech Sdn BhdMALAYSIACID002858
TinNghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock CompanyVIETNAMCID002573
TinNovosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd.RUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID001305



TinO.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.THAILANDCID001314
TinO.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.PHILIPPINESCID002517
TinOperaciones Metalurgicas S.A.BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)CID001337
TinPongpipat Company LimitedMYANMARCID003208
TinPrecious Minerals and Smelting LimitedINDIACID003409
TinPT Aries Kencana SejahteraINDONESIACID000309
TinPT Artha Cipta LanggengINDONESIACID001399
TinPT ATD Makmur Mandiri JayaINDONESIACID002503
TinPT Babel Inti PerkasaINDONESIACID001402
TinPT Babel Surya Alam LestariINDONESIACID001406
TinPT Bangka SerumpunINDONESIACID003205
TinPT Bukit TimahINDONESIACID001428
TinPT Cipta Persada MuliaINDONESIACID002696
TinPT Lautan Harmonis SejahteraINDONESIACID002870
TinPT Menara Cipta MuliaINDONESIACID002835
TinPT Mitra Stania PrimaINDONESIACID001453
TinPT Mitra Sukses GlobalindoINDONESIACID003449
TinPT Prima Timah UtamaINDONESIACID001458
TinPT Rajawali Rimba PerkasaINDONESIACID003381
TinPT Rajehan AriqINDONESIACID002593
TinPT Refined Bangka TinINDONESIACID001460
TinPT Stanindo Inti PerkasaINDONESIACID001468
TinPT Timah NusantaraINDONESIACID001486
TinPT Timah Tbk KundurINDONESIACID001477
TinPT Timah Tbk MentokINDONESIACID001482
TinPT Tinindo Inter NusaINDONESIACID001490
TinResind Industria e Comercio Ltda.BRAZILCID002706
TinRui Da HungTAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINACID001539
TinSoft Metais Ltda.BRAZILCID001758
TinSuper LigasBRAZILCID002756
TinThai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.VIETNAMCID002834
TinThaisarcoTHAILANDCID001898
TinTin Technology & RefiningUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID003325
TinTuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock CompanyVIETNAMCID002574
TinVQB Mineral and Trading Group JSCVIETNAMCID002015
TinWhite Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.BRAZILCID002036
TinYunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACID002158
TinYunnan Tin Company LimitedCHINACID002180
TinYunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACID003397
TungstenA.L.M.T. Corp.JAPANCID000004
TungstenACL Metais EireliBRAZILCID002833
TungstenAlbasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.BRAZILCID003427
TungstenArtek LLCRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID003553
TungstenAsia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.VIETNAMCID002502
TungstenChenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CHINACID002513
TungstenChina Molybdenum Co., Ltd.CHINACID002641
TungstenChongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID000258
TungstenCNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.CHINACID000281
TungstenCronimet Brasil LtdaBRAZILCID003468
TungstenFujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.CHINACID003401



TungstenGanzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID002645
TungstenGanzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CHINACID000875
TungstenGanzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID002315
TungstenGanzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.CHINACID002494
TungstenGEM Co., Ltd.CHINACID003417
TungstenGlobal Tungsten & Powders Corp.UNITED STATES OF AMERICACID000568
TungstenGuangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID000218
TungstenH.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KGGERMANYCID002542
TungstenH.C. Starck Tungsten GmbHGERMANYCID002541
TungstenHunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.CHINACID000766
TungstenHunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACID000769
TungstenHydrometallurg, JSCRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID002649
TungstenJapan New Metals Co., Ltd.JAPANCID000825
TungstenJiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CHINACID002551
TungstenJiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID002321
TungstenJiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINACID002313
TungstenJiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.CHINACID002318
TungstenJiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.CHINACID002317
TungstenJiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID002316
TungstenJSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant"RUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID003408
TungstenKennametal FallonUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID000966
TungstenKennametal HuntsvilleUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID000105
TungstenKGETS Co., Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID003388
TungstenLianyou Metals Co., Ltd.TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINACID003407
TungstenMalipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID002319
TungstenMasan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)VIETNAMCID002543
TungstenMoliren Ltd.RUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID002845
TungstenNiagara Refining LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID002589
TungstenNPP Tyazhmetprom LLCRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID003416
TungstenPhilippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.PHILIPPINESCID002827
TungstenUnecha Refractory metals plantRUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID002724
TungstenWolfram Bergbau und Hutten AGAUSTRIACID002044
TungstenWoltech Korea Co., Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OFCID002843
TungstenXiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.CHINACID002320
TungstenXiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID002082
TungstenXinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.CHINACID002830


List of Potential Countries of Origin:

Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, DRC or an adjoining country (Covered Countries), Ecuador, Egypt, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic Of North Macedonia, Republic Of Korea, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab, Emirates, United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe