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2004 Schedule B - Chapter 71
SECTION XIV
Natural or Cultured Pearls, Precious or Semiprecious Stones,
Precious Metals, Metals Clad with Precious Metal, and Articles
Thereof; Imitation Jewelry; Coin
Chapter - 71
2004 Sched ule B
Natural or Cultured Pearls, Precious or Semiprecious Stones,
Precious Metals, Metals Clad with Precious Metal, and Articles
Thereof; Imitation Jewelry; Coin
Notes
1. Subject to note 1(a) to section VI and except as provided
below, all articles consisting wholly or partly:
(a). Of natural or cultured pearls or of precious or semi-
precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed), or
(b). Of precious metal, or of metal clad with precious metal, are
to be classified in this chapter.
2.(a). Headings 7113, 7114 and 7115 do not cover articles in which
precious metal or metal clad with precious metal is present
as minor constituents only, such as minor fittings or minor
ornamentation (for example, monograms, ferrules and rims),
and paragraph (b) of the foregoing note does not apply to
such articles.
(b). Heading 7116 does not cover articles containing precious
metal or metal clad with precious metal (other than as minor
constituents).
3. This chapter does not cover:
(a). Amalgams of precious metal, or colloidal precious metal
(heading 2843);
(b). Sterile surgical suture materials, dental fillings or
other goods of chapter 30;
(c). Goods of chapter 32 (for example, lustres);
(d). Supported catalysts (heading 3815);
(e). Articles of heading 4202 or 4203 referred to in note 2(b)
to chapter 42;
(f). Articles of heading 4303 or 4304;
(g). Goods of section XI (textiles and textile articles);
(h). Footwear, headgear or other articles of chapter 64 or 65;
(i). Umbrellas, walking-sticks or other articles of chapter 66;
(j). Abrasive goods of heading 6804 or 6805 or chapter 82,
containing dust or powder of precious or semiprecious stones
(natural or synthetic); articles of chapter 82 with a
working part of precious or semiprecious stones (natural,
synthetic or reconstructed); machinery, mechanical
appliances or electrical goods, or parts thereof, of section
XVI. However, articles and parts thereof, wholly of
precious or semiprecious stones (natural, synthetic or
reconstructed) remain classified in this chapter, except
unmounted worked sapphires and diamonds for styli (heading
8522);
(k). See (j) above.
(l). Articles of chapter 90, 91 or 92 (scientific instruments,
clocks and watches, musical instruments);
(m). Arms or parts thereof (chapter 93);
(n). Articles covered by note 2 to chapter 95;
(o). Articles classified in chapter 96 by virtue of note 4 to
that chapter; or
(p). Original sculptures or statuary (heading 9703), collectors'
pieces (heading 9705) or antiques of an age exceeding one
hundred years (heading 9706), other than natural or cultured
pearls or precious or semiprecious stones.
4.(a). The expression "precious metal" means silver, gold and
platinum.
(b). The expression "platinum" means platinum, iridium, osmium,
palladium, rhodium and ruthenium.
(c). The expression "precious or semiprecious stones" does
not include any of the substances specified in note 2(b) to
chapter 96.
5. For the purposes of this chapter, any alloy (including a
sintered mixture and an intermetallic compound) containing
precious metal is to be treated as an alloy of precious metal
if any one precious metal constitutes as much as 2 percent, by
weight, of the alloy. Alloys of precious metal are to be
classified according to the following rules:
(a). An alloy containing 2 percent or more, by weight, of
platinum is to be treated as an alloy of platinum;
(b). An alloy containing 2 percent or more, by weight, of gold
but no platinum, or less than 2 percent, by weight, of
platinum is to be treated as an alloy of gold;
(c). Other alloys containing 2 percent or more, by weight, of
silver are to be treated as alloys of silver.
6. Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference
in the nomenclature to precious metal or to any particular
precious metal includes a reference to alloys treated as
alloys of precious metal or of the particular metal in
accordance with the rules in note 5 above, but not to metal
clad with precious metal or to base metal or non-metals coated
or plated with precious metal.
7. Throughout the nomenclature, the expression "metal clad with
precious metal" means material made with a base of metal upon
one or more surfaces of which there is affixed by soldering,
brazing, welding, hot-rolling or similar mechanical means a
covering of precious metal. Except where the context otherwise
requires, the expression also covers base metal inlaid with
precious metal.
8. Subject to note 1(a) to Section VI, goods answering to a
description in heading 7112 are to be classified in that
heading and in no other heading of the tariff schedule.
9. For the purposes of heading 7113, the expression "articles of
jewelry" means:
(a). Any small objects of personal adornment (gem-set or not)
(for example, rings, bracelets, necklaces, brooches,
earrings, watch chains, fobs, pendants, tie pins, cuff
links, dress studs, religious or other medals and
insignia); and
(b). Articles of personal use of a kind normally carried in the
pocket, in the handbag or on the person (such as cigarette
cases, powder boxes, chain purses or pill boxes).
10 For th e purposes of heading 7114, the expression "articles of
goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares" includes such articles as
ornaments, tableware, toilet-ware, smokers' articles and
other articles of household, office or religious use.
11 For th e purposes of heading 7117, the expression "imitation
jewelry" means articles of jewelry within the meaning of
paragraph (a) of note 9 above (but not including buttons or
other articles of heading 9606, or dress combs, hair slides or
the like, or hair-pins, of heading 9615), not incorporating
natural or cultured pearls, precious or semiprecious stones
(natural, synthetic or reconstructed) nor (except as plating or
as minor constituents) precious metal or metal clad with
precious metal.
Subheading Notes
1. For the purposes of subheadings 7106.10, 7108.11, 7110.11,
7110.21, 7110.31 and 7110.41, the expressions "powder" and
"in powder form" mean products of which 90 percent or more by
weight passes through a sieve having a mesh aperture of 0.5 mm.
(0.020 inch).
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter note 4 (b), for the
purposes of subheadings 7110.11 and 7110.19, the expression
"platinum" does not include iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodium
or ruthenium.
3. For the classification of alloys in the subheadings of heading
7110, each alloy is to be classified with that metal, platinum,
palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium or ruthenium, which pre-
dominates by weight over each other of these metals.
Statistical Note
1. For the purposes of subchapter II, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(a). The term "unwrought" refers to metals, whether or not
refined, in the form of ingots, blocks, lumps, billets,
cakes, slabs, pigs, cathodes, anodes, briquettes, cubes,
sticks, grains, sponge, pellets, shot, and similar
manufactured primary forms, but does not cover rolled,
forged, drawn, or extruded products, tubular products or
cast or sintered forms which have been machined or
processed otherwise than by simple trimming, scalping or
descaling;
(b). The term "semimanufactured" refers to wrought metal
products in the form of bars, rods, sections, plates,
sheets, strips, wire, tubes, pipes, and hollow bars, and to
powder (other than primary metals in powder form);
(c). The term "waste and scrap" refers to materials and articles
of metals which are second-hand or waste or refuse, or are
obsolete, defective, or damaged, and which are fit only for
the recovery of the metal content or for use in the
manufacture of chemicals, and does not include metals in
unwrought form or metal-bearing materials provided for in
heading 2616.
I. NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS AND PRECIOUS OR
SEMIPRECIOUS STONES
7101 Pearls, natural or cultured, whether or not
worked or graded but not strung, mounted or
set; pearls, natural or cultured, temporarily
strung for convenience of transport:
7101100000 Natural pearls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
Cultured pearls:
7101210000 Unworked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
7101220000 Worked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
7102 Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not
mounted or set:
7102100000 Unsorted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . carat
Industrial:
7102210000 Unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or
bruted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . carat
7102290000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . carat
Nonindustrial:
7102310000 Unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or
bruted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .carat
710239 Other:
7102390010 Weighing not over 0.5 carat each . . . carat
7102390050 Weighing over 0.5 carat each . . . . . carat
7103 Precious stones (other than diamonds) and
semiprecious stones, whether or not worked or
graded but not strung, mounted or set;
ungraded precious stones (other than diamonds)
and semiprecious stones, temporarily strung for
convenience of transport:
710310 Unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped:
7103102000 Unworked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . carat
7103104000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . carat
Otherwise worked:
7103910000 Rubies, sapphires and emeralds . . . . . . X
710399 Other:
7103991000 Cut but not set, and suitable for use
in the manufacture of jewelry . . . . . X
7103995000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
7104 Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-
precious stones, whether or not worked or
graded but not strung, mounted or set;
ungraded synthetic or reconstructed precious or
semiprecious stones, temporarily strung for
convenience of transport:
7104100000 Piezo-electric quartz . . . . . . . . . . . .kg
7104200000 Other, unworked or simply sawn or roughly
shaped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .X
710490 Other:
7104901000 Cut but not set, and suitable for use in
the manufacture of jewelry . . . . . . . .No.
7104905000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
7105 Dust and powder of natural or synthetic
precious or semiprecious stones:
710510 Of diamonds:
7105100010 Natural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . carat
7105100025 Synthetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . carat
7105900000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg
II. PRECIOUS METALS AND METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL
7106 Silver (including silver plated with gold or
platinum), unwrought or in semimanufactured
forms, or in powder form:
7106100000 Powder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g
Other:
710691 Unwrought:
Bullion and dore:
7106911010 Bullion (silver content) . . . . . .Ag g
7106911020 Dore (silver content) . . . . . . . Ag g
7106915000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g
7106920000 Semimanufactured . . . . . . . . . . . . . g
7107000000 Base metals clad with silver, not further
worked than semimanufactured . . . . . . . . . g
7108 Gold (including gold plated with platinum)
unwrought or in semimanufactured forms, or in
powder form:
Nonmonetary:
7108110000 Powder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g
710812 Other unwrought forms:
Bullion and dore:
7108121010 Bullion (gold content) . . . . . . Au g
7108121020 Dore (gold content) . . . . . . . . Au g
7108125000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g
710813 Other semimanufactured forms:
7108131000 Gold leaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cm2
7108135000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g
7108200000 Monetary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g
7109000000 Base metals or silver, clad with gold, not
further worked than semimanufactured . . . . . g
7110 Platinum, unwrought or in semimanufactured
forms, or in powder form:
Platinum:
7110110000 Unwrought or in powder form (platinum
content) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pt g
7110190000 Other (platinum content) . . . . . . . . .Pt g
Palladium:
7110210000 Unwrought or in powder form (palladium
content) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pd g
7110290000 Other (palladium content) . . . . . . . .Pd g
Rhodium:
7110310000 Unwrought or in powder form (rhodium
content) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rh g
7110390000 Other (rhodium content) . . . . . . . . .Rh g
Iridium, osmium and ruthenium:
7110410000 Unwrought or in powder form . . . . . . . g
7110490000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g
7111000000 Base metals, silver or gold, clad with
platinum, not further worked than semi-
manufactured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g
7112 Waste and scrap of precious metal or of metal
clad with precious metal; other waste and scrap
containing precious metal or precious metal
compounds, of a kind used principally for the
recovery of precious metal:
7112300000 Ash containing precious metals or precious
metal compounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g
Other:
7112910000 Of gold, including metal clad with gold
but excluding sweepings containing other
precious metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . g
gold content. . . . Au g
7112920000 Of platinum, including metal clad with
platinum but excluding sweepings
containing other precious metals . . . . .g
platinum content . . . . . Pt g
7112990000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g
III. JEWELRY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES AND
OTHER ARTICLES
7113 Articles of jewelry and parts thereof, of
precious metal or of metal clad with precious
metal:
Of precious metal whether or not plated or
clad with precious metal:
7113110000 Of silver, whether or not plated or clad
with other precious metal . . . . . . . . X
7113190000 Of other precious metal, whether or not
plated or clad with precious metal . . . X
7113200000 Of base metal clad with precious metaL . . . X
7114 Articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares
and parts thereof, of precious metal or of
metal clad with precious metal:
Of precious metal whether or not plated or
clad with precious metal:
711411 Of silver, whether or not plated or clad
with other precious metal:
7114115100 Knives, forks, spoons or ladles,
whether or not combined in sets . . . . .PCs.
7114115500 Articles not elsewhere specified or
included of a type used for household,
table or kitchen use; toilet and
sanitary wares; all the foregoing and
parts thereof, of silver . . . . . . . . X
7114117000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
7114190000 Of other precious metal, whether or not
plated or clad with precious metal . . . X
7114200000 Of base metal clad with precious metal . . . X
7115 Other articles of precious metal or of metal
clad with precious metal:
7115100000 Catalysts in the form of wire cloth or grill,
of platinum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .g
7115900000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g
7116 Articles of natural or cultured pearls, precious
or semiprecious stones (natural, synthetic or
reconstructed):
711610 Of natural or cultured pearls:
7116101000 Natural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
7116102500 Cultured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
711620 Of precious or semiprecious stones (natural,
synthetic or reconstructed):
7116201000 Articles of jewelry . . . . . . . . . . . X
7116204050 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
7117 Imitation jewelry:
Of base metal, whether or not plated with
precious metal:
7117110000 Cuff links and studs . . . . . . . . . . . X
7117190000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
7117900000 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
7118 Coin:
7118100000 Coin (other than gold coin), not being legal
tender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
711890 Other:
7118900030 Gold (gold content) . . . . . . . . . . .Au g
7118900050 Other than gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . X
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Source: FTDWebMaster, Foreign
Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, D.C. 20233
Location: MAIN: REFERENCE:CODES:
SCHEDULE B 2004
Created: 10 March 2004
Last modified:
12 July 2011 at 04:12:25 PM
