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EXHIBIT 1.01

DXP Enterprises, Inc.
Conflict Minerals Report
For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

Introduction

This Conflict Minerals Report (“Report”) has been prepared by management of DXP for the period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 (“Reporting Period”). Unless the context otherwise indicates, "DXP", “Company”, "we", "us", and "our" means DXP Enterprises, Inc. and its majority owned subsidiaries and any entities that are required to be consolidated.

This Report is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Rule”). The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on public companies that manufacture or contract to manufacture products containing Conflict Minerals (as hereinafter defined) that are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. The term Conflict Minerals is defined to mean: (A) cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite or their derivatives, which are currently limited to tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (collectively the “3TGs”); or (B) any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”) or any country that shares an internationally recognized border with the DRC (collectively “Covered Countries”). DXP designed its due diligence measures to conform in all material respects with the internationally recognized due diligence framework in The Organization of Economic Co-Operation and Development.

DXP has reason to believe that some 3TGs may be present in its supply chain that may have originated in any of the Covered Countries. Therefore, we performed a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) in good faith to determine whether any of the 3TGs in our products originated from any Covered Countries. This Report describes the measures DXP took to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the Conflict Minerals, the Company products that may contain 3TGs and are therefore in the scope of the Company’s Conflict Minerals program, the facilities that may have processed the 3TGs that may be necessary to the functionality or production of one or more products, and the efforts DXP took to determine the mine or location of origin of those 3TGs. Although we are unable to determine the origins of all 3TGs in our products, only some of our products fall within the scope of the Rule because they may contain one or more of the 3TGs.

Company and Product Overview

Our business

DXP Enterprises, Inc. is headquartered in Houston Texas and is a diversified industrial distribution company that conducts business in three business segments: Service Centers, Supply Chain Services and Innovative Pumping Solutions. DXP is engaged in the business of distributing maintenance, repair, and operating products, equipment and services to energy and industrial customers. The Service Centers provide a wide range of MRO products in the rotating equipment, bearing, power transmission, hose, fluid power, metal working, industrial supply, safety product and service categories. We currently serve as a first-tier distributor of more than 1,000,000 items. These items are for use primarily by customers engaged in the oil and gas, food and beverage, petrochemical, transportation and other general industrial industries. Other industries served by our Service Centers include mining, construction, chemical, municipal, agricultural and pulp and paper. The Innovative Pumping Solutions segment provides integrated, custom pump skid packages, pump remanufacturing and manufactures branded private label pumps it manufactures. The Supply Chain Services segment manages all or part of its customers’ supply chains, including procurement and inventory management.

Description of Products

For the purposes of this Report, we reviewed our supply base in order to determine the suppliers of materials/components that may possibly contain some 3TGs. Some of our suppliers have reported to us that some of our products that may be necessary to the functionality or production of products that we manufactured or contracted to
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manufacture during the 2020 Reporting Period may contain 3TGs. DXP is unsure of the presence of 3TGs in our products, however, based on the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”) we received from suppliers, the presence of 3TGs may be in some of their products. Many of our suppliers completed their CMRTs at the company, business unit or entity level basis. Due to this we are unable to definitively conclude which 3TGs, if any, are present in any products that were supplied to us.

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

To determine whether necessary 3TGs in our products originated in Covered Countries, we retained Assent Compliance (“Assent”), a third-party service provider, to assist us in reviewing the supply chain and identifying risks. We provided a list composed of suppliers and parts associated with the in-scope products to Assent for upload to the Assent Compliance Manager (“ACM”). We could not determine definitively the presence or absence of Conflict Minerals in all parts and products supplied to us for our products.

To collect data on the materials’ sources of origin procured by the supply chain, DXP utilized the CMRT version 6.1 or higher to conduct a survey of all our in-scope suppliers.

During the supplier survey, DXP contacted suppliers via the ACM, a software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) platform provided by Assent that enables users to complete and track supplier communications and allows suppliers to upload completed CMRTs directly to the platform for validation, assessment and management. The ACM also provides functionality that meets the OECD Guidance process expectations by evaluating the quality of each supplier response and assigning a health score based on the supplier’s declaration of process engagement. Additionally, the metrics provided in this Report, as well as the step-by-step process for supplier engagement and upstream due diligence investigations performed, are managed through this platform.

Via the ACM and the Assent team, we requested that all suppliers to complete a CMRT. Training and education to guide suppliers on best practices and the use of this template was included. Assent monitored and tracked all communications in the ACM for future reporting and transparency. In order to increase the response level, Assent provided our suppliers with a stated deadline and followed up with both “reminder” and “late” notices.

Our program continues to include 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 evaluation is based on questions within the declaration tab of the CMRT which helps to identify areas that require further classification or risk assessment, as well as understand the due diligence efforts of the Tier 1 suppliers. The results of this data validation contribute to the program’s health assessment and are shared with the suppliers to ensure they understand areas that require clarification or improvement.

All submitted forms are accepted and classified as valid or invalid so that data is still retained. Suppliers are contacted regarding invalid forms and are encouraged to submit a valid form. Suppliers are also provided with guidance on how to correct these validation errors in the form of feedback to their CMRT submission, training courses and direct engagement help through Assent’s multilingual Supplier Experience team. Since some suppliers may remain unresponsive to feedback DXP tracks program gaps to account for future improvement opportunities. As of December 31, 2020 there were 15 invalid supplier submissions that could not be corrected.

As of December 31, 2020 there were 2569 suppliers in scope of the conflict minerals program and 849 provided a completed CMRT. Our total response rate for this reporting year was 34%. Based on the findings through the RCOI process, DXP was able to determine the countries of origin for a portion of the 3TGs in our products. As such, we continued to perform further due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the minerals in question.

Due Diligence

Design of Due Diligence

With the assistance of Assent, we have designed our due diligence measures to conform, in all material respects, with the framework in the OECD Guidance and the related supplements. The program aligns with the five steps for due
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diligence that are described by the OECD Guidance. DXP continues to evaluate market expectations for data collection and reporting to achieve continuous improvement opportunities.

Due diligence requires our necessary reliance on data provided by direct suppliers and third-party audit programs. There is a risk of incomplete or inaccurate data as the process cannot fully be owned by us. However, through continued outreach and process validation, this aligns with industry standards and market expectations for downstream companies’ due diligence.

Due Diligence Performed

Establishing Strong Company Management Systems

Internal Compliance Team

We have a Conflict Minerals Team comprised of individuals in management positions across legal, finance, and procurement. This Team leads our Conflict Minerals compliance effort and is responsible for implementing the Conflict Minerals compliance strategy.

We also use Assent to assist us with evaluating supply chain information regarding 3TGs, identifying potential risks, and in the development and implementation of additional due diligence steps that we may undertake with suppliers in regard to Conflict Minerals.

We leverage Assent’s Managed Services in order to work with dedicated program specialist who support our conflict minerals program. DXP communicates regularly with the Assent team in order to receive updates on program status. Each member of Assent’s Customer Success team is trained in conflict minerals compliance and understands the intricacies of the CMRT and conflict minerals reporting, as well as Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
    
Control Systems

DXP expects all of its suppliers to have policies and procedures in place to ensure that 3TGs used in the production of the products sold to us are DRC conflict-free. This means that the products must not contain 3TGs that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries. We rely upon our direct suppliers to provide information on the origin of any 3TGs contained in components and materials supplied, including sources of 3TGs that were supplied to us and that were supplied to them from lower tier suppliers.

Supplier Engagement

We have a good relationship with Tier 1 direct suppliers. As an extremely important part of the supply chain, DXP has leveraged processes and educational opportunities in order to ensure non-English speaking suppliers have access a free platform to unload their CMRT’s, help desk support and other multilingual resources. Our suppliers are able to leverage Assent’s team of supplier support specialists to ensure they receive appropriate support and understand how to properly file a CMRT. Suppliers are provided guidance in their native language, if needed.

DXP engages with suppliers to request a valid CMRT for the products that they supply to us. With respect to the OECD requirement to strengthen engagement with suppliers, we have developed an internal procedure that includes steps of supplier engagement escalation such as corrective actions. Feedback from this engagement has allowed us to oversee improvements in supplier responses and supplier compliance for this initiative.

We continue to place a strong emphasis on supplier education and training. To accomplish this, Assent’s online resources are leveraged, and all in-scope suppliers have been provided with access to their library of conflict minerals training and support resources.

We believe that the combination of our Code of Conduct, Conflict Minerals Policy, and direct engagement with our suppliers for Conflict Minerals training and requests constitute a strong supplier engagement program.


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\Grievance Mechanisms

DXP has established multiple grievance mechanisms whereby employees and suppliers can report violations of DXP’s policies, including Conflict Minerals. Suppliers and others outside of DXP may contact us anonymously to report grievances via a dedicated email address that is published in our Conflicts Minerals Policy and in our Code of Conduct. In addition, our employees may anonymously report suspected violations using the same dedicated email address, dxpe.ethicspoint.com, or our anonymous third-party conduct help line at (888) 307-4308, as published in our Conflicts Minerals Policy and in our Code of Conduct.

Maintain Records

We have adopted a policy to retain relevant documents with Assent for a period of five years. Through Assent, a document retention policy to retain Conflict Minerals related documents, including supplier responses to CMRTs and the sources identified within each reporting period, has been implemented. We store all the information and findings from this process in a database than can be audited by internal and external parties.

Identifying and Assessing Risks in the Supply Chain

Due to our size, the complexity of our products, and the depth, breadth and constant evolution of our supply chain it is difficult to identify actors upstream from our direct suppliers. Risks associated with supplier CMRT content are identified automatically in the ACM based on criteria established for supplier responses. These risks are addressed by Assent staff, who contacts the supplier, gathers pertinent data and performs an assessment of the supplier’s Conflict Minerals status.

Risks at the supplier level may include non-responsive suppliers, incomplete CMRTs, or CMRTs that are submitted at a company, business unit or division level. In those cases we are unable to determine if all of the specified smelters and refiners were used for 3TGs in the products supplied to us.

Additionally, some suppliers indicated that they received information regarding their supply chains from fewer than 75% of their suppliers and, therefore, they could not provide a comprehensive list of all smelters or refiners in their supply chains.

Risks were identified by assessing the due diligence practices and status of smelters and refiners identified in the supply chain by upstream suppliers that listed mineral processing facilities on their CMRT declarations. Assent compared these facilities listed in the responses to the list of smelters and refiners consolidated by the RMI to ensure that the facilities met the recognized definition of a 3TGs processing facility that was operation during the 2020 calendar year.

Assent determined if the smelter had been audited against a standard in conformance with the OECD Guidance, such as the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RAMP”). DXP does not have a direct relationship with smelters and refiners, and does not perform direct audits of these entities within their pre-supply chain. Smelters that have completed a RMAP audit are considered to be DRC-conflict free. In cases where the smelter’s due diligence practices have not been audited against the RMAP standard or they are considered non-conformant by RMAP, follow-ups are made to suppliers reporting those facilities. Smelters are then assessed for the potential for sourcing risk.

Each facility that meets the definition of a smelter or refiner of a 3TG mineral is assessed according to red-flag indicators defined in the OECD Guidance. Assent uses numerous factors to determine the level of risk that each smelter or refiner poses to the supply chain by identifying red flags. These factors include, but are not limited to:

1.Geographic proximity to the Covered Countries.
2.RMAP audit status.
3.Credible evidence of unethical or conflict sourcing.
4.Known mineral source country of origin.
5.Peer assessments conducted by credible third-party sources.

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Risk mitigation activities are initiated whenever a supplier’s CMRT reported facilities of concern. Through Assent, suppliers with submissions that included any smelters of concern were immediately provided with feedback instructing the supplier to take their own independent risk mitigation actions. Examples include the submission of a product specific CMRT to better identify the connection to products that they supply to us. Suppliers are given clear performance objectives within reasonable time frames with the ultimate goal of progressive elimination of these smelters of concern from the supply chain. In addition, suppliers are guided to the educational materials on mitigating the risks identified through the data collection process.

Suppliers are also evaluated on program strength, which assists in making key risk mitigation decisions as the program progresses. The criteria used to evaluate the strength of the program is based on certain questions in the CMRT related to the suppliers’ conflict minerals practices and policies.

Designing and Implementing a Strategy to Respond to Risks

Together with Assent, we developed processes to access and respond to the risks identified in the supply chain. We have a risk management plan, through which our Conflict Minerals program is implemented, managed and monitored. As the program progresses, escalations are sent to non-responsive suppliers to outline the importance of a response via CMRTs and to outline the required cooperation for compliance to the Conflict Minerals rules and our expectations.

Feedback on supplier submissions is given directly to suppliers and educational resources are provided to assist suppliers in corrective action methods or to improve their internal programs. We will engage any of our suppliers whom 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. Assent also communicates directly with smelters that have not been determined to be conformant with the RMAP in order to request sourcing information and encourage their involvement with the RMI program.

Carry Out Independent Third-Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence

We do not have a direct relationship with any 3TG smelters and refiners of Conflict Minerals and we do not perform or direct audits of these entities within the supply chain. Instead, we rely upon third-party audits of smelters and refiners conducted as part of RMAP. RAMP uses independent private sector auditors, and audits the source, including the mines of origin, and the chain of custody of the Conflict Minerals used by smelters and refiners that agree to participate in the program.

Report Annually on Supply Chain Due Diligence

We have published our Form SD for the year ended December 31, 2020. Form SD and this Report is available on our website at www.dxpe.com within the “Investors” section under “Investor Relations” > “Financial Information “ > “SEC Filings”. Information found on or accessed through our website is not consider part of this Report and is not incorporated herein by reference. We have also publicly filed our Form SD and this Report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Results of Due Diligence

Survey results

For the 2020 reporting year Assent received CMRTs from 849 suppliers. All final CMRT submissions were reviewed and validated by Assent to ensure no inaccuracies or gaps in data were found. There were 15 suppliers that were unable to correct their CMRT and as such, are listed as invalid submissions.

Smelters and Refiners

Attached as Appendix A is a table that lists all the smelters and refiners identified by our responsive direct suppliers that may have been used to process the Conflict Minerals necessary to the functionality or production of our Covered Products during the 2020 calendar year. This list may contain more facilities than are actually linked to the
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Company’s Covered Products. Alternatively, this list may not include all applicable facilities as not all of our suppliers were able to provide the required information at this time. Those that have been validated as compliant under RAMP by the RMI, have been noted as such in the final column on the right in Appendix A. From the responses received, Assent identified 5 smelters that potentially posed a risk due to the presence of some red flag indicators.

Countries of Origin

Appendix B is an aggregated list of countries of origin from which the reported facilities collectively source 3TGs, based on information provided through the CMRT data collection process, from direct smelter outreach and the RAMP. As mentioned in the above section, it is understood that many responses may provide more data than can be directly linked to products sold by us, therefore, Appendix B may contain more countries than those that the Company’s products are being sourced from.

Steps to be Taken To Mitigate Risk

Since January 1, 2020 we have taken or we intend to take, the following steps to improve due diligence conducted to further mitigate any risk that the necessary 3TGs in our products could benefit armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries:

1.Continue to evaluate upstream sources through a broader set of tools to evaluate risk.
2.Engage with suppliers more closely and provide more information and training resources regarding responsible sourcing of 3TGs.
3.Encourage suppliers to have due diligence procedures in place for their supply chains to improve the content of the responses from such suppliers.
4.Following OECD Guidance process, increase the emphasis on clean and validated smelter and refiner information from the supply chain through feedback and detailed smelter analysis.

Smelter & Refiner Risk Evaluation

Understanding the risks associated with the smelters and refiners potentially providing material into our supply chain is an important part of the due diligence process. Through Assent, comprehensive and ongoing analysis is conducted by Assent’s smelter library manager to assess sourcing risk. This information is used to:

1.Provide supplier feedback.
2.Determine the health of our overall program.
3.Conduct outreach to smelters, refiners and their respective associations.
4.Provide detailed analysis in this Report.

The following risk categories are used for smelter evaluation and risk determination:

1.Geo-Risk.
2.Audit Status.
3.Sourcing Risk.

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Appendix A Refiners and Smelters 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
GoldSuper Dragon Technology Co., LtdTAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINACID001810
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
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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
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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 CompanyVIET NAMCID002703
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 CompanyVIET NAMCID002572
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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 CompanyVIET NAMCID002573
TinNovosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd.RUSSIAN FEDERATIONCID001305
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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 Masbro Alam StaniaINDONESIACID003380
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 Sukses Inti MakmurINDONESIACID002816
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.VIET NAMCID002834
TinThaisarcoTHAILANDCID001898
TinTin Technology & RefiningUNITED STATES OF AMERICACID003325
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TinTuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock CompanyVIET NAMCID002574
TinVQB Mineral and Trading Group JSCVIET NAMCID002015
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.VIET NAMCID002502
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
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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)VIET NAMCID002543
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
TungstenXiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.CHINACID002320
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TungstenXiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINACID002082
TungstenXinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.CHINACID002830























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Appendix B Country of Origin List:
Country List
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
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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
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Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Niger
Nigeria
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Republic Of Korea
Russia
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sudan
Suri
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Tanzania
Thailand
Turkey
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Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
USA
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe


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