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Section XV - Chapter 75
Nickel and Articles Thereof
Note
1. In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
(a). Bars and rods

Rolled, extruded, drawn or forged products, not in coils, which have a uniform solid cross section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including "flattened circles" and "modified rectangles," of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross section may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including "modified rectangular") cross section exceeds one-tenth of the width. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms and dimensions, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or descaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings.

(b). Profiles

Rolled, extruded, drawn, forged or formed products, coiled or not, of a uniform cross section along their whole length, which do not conform to any of the definitions of bars, rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil, tubes or pipes. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or descaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings.

(c). Wire

Rolled, extruded or drawn products, in coils, which have a uniform solid cross section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including "flattened circles" and "modified rectangles," of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross section may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including “modified rectangular”) cross section exceeds one-tenth of the width.

(d). Plates, sheets, strip and foil

Flat-surfaced products (other than the unwrought products of heading 7502), coiled or not, of solid rectangular (other than square) cross section with or without rounded corners (including "modified rectangles" of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel) of a uniform thickness, which are:

- of rectangular (including square) shape with a thickness not exceeding one-tenth of the width,
- of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size, provided that they do not assume the character of articles or products of other headings.

Heading 7506 applies, inter alia, to plates, sheets, strip and foil with patterns (for example, grooves, ribs, checkers, tears, buttons, lozenges) and to such products which have been perforated, corrugated, polished or coated, provided that they do not thereby assume the character of articles or products of other headings.

(e). Tubes and pipes

Hollow products, coiled or not, which have a uniform cross section with only one enclosed void along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons, and which have a uniform wall thickness. Products with a rectangular (including square), equilateral triangular or regular convex polygonal cross section, which may have corners rounded along their whole length, are also to be taken to be tubes and pipes provided the inner and outer cross sections are concentric and have the same form and orientation. Tubes and pipes of the foregoing cross sections may be polished, coated, bent, threaded, drilled, waisted, expanded, cone-shaped or fitted with flanges, collars or rings.

Subheading Notes
1. In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
(a). Nickel, not alloyed

Metal containing by weight at least 99 percent of nickel plus cobalt, provided that:

(i). The cobalt content by weight does not exceed 1.5 percent, and

(ii). The content by weight of any other element does not exceed the limit specified in the following table:

Element     Limiting content percent by weight
Fe Iron  
0.5
O Oxygen
0.4
Other elements, each  
0.3

 

(b). Nickel alloys

Metallic substances in which nickel predominates by weight over each of the other elements provided that:

(i). The content by weight of cobalt exceeds 1.5 percent,
(ii). The content by weight of at least one of the elements is greater than the limit specified in the foregoing table, or
(iii). The total content by weight of elements other than nickel plus cobalt exceeds 1 percent.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of note 1 (c), for the purpose of subheading 7508.10 the term "wire" applies only to products, whether or not in coils, of any cross-sectional shape, of which no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm.

Schedule B No. and Headings Commodity Description Unit of Quantity Second Quantity
75 Nickel and Articles Thereof
75.01 - Nickel mattes, nickel oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy:
7501.10.0000 - - Nickel mattes kg
7501.20.0000 - - Nickel oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy kg
75.02 - Unwrought nickel:
7502.10.0000 - - Nickel, not alloyed kg
7502.20.0000 - - Nickel alloys kg
7503.00.0000 - Nickel waste and scrap kg
75.04 - Nickel powders and flakes:
7504.00.0010 - - Powders kg
7504.00.0050 - - Flakes kg
75.05 - Nickel bars, rods, profiles and wire:
- - Bars, rods and profiles:
7505.11.0000 - - - Of nickel, not alloyed kg
7505.12.0000 - - - Of nickel alloys kg
- - Wire:
7505.21.0000 - - - Of nickel, not alloyed kg
7505.22.0000 - - - Of nickel alloys kg
75.06 - Nickel plates, sheets, strip and foil:
7506.10 - - Of nickel, not alloyed:
7506.10.1500 - - - Plates, sheets, and strip kg
7506.10.5000 - - - Foil kg
7506.20 - - Of nickel alloys:
7506.20.1500 - - - Plates, sheets and strip kg
7506.20.5000 - - - Foil kg
75.07 - Nickel tubes, pipes and tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves):
- - Tubes and pipes:
7507.11.0000 - - - Of nickel, not alloyed kg
7507.12.0000 - - - Of nickel alloys kg
7507.20.0000 - - Tube or pipe fittings kg
75.08 - Other articles of nickel:
7508.10.0000 - - Cloth, grill and netting of nickel wire kg
7508.90.0000 - - Other kg

Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Foreign Trade | ftdwebm 7;ster@census.gov |  Last Revised: March 20, 2024