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| Section XV - Chapter 74 | |||
| Copper and Articles Thereof | |||
| Note | |||
| 1. | In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them: | ||
| (a). | Refined copper | ||
| Metal containing at least 99.85 percent by weight of copper; or | |||
| Metal containing at least 97.5 percent by weight of copper, provided that the content by weight of any other element does not exceed the limit specified in the following table: | |||
| TABLE - Other elements | |||
| Element | |||
| Ag | |||
| As | |||
| Cd | |||
| Cr | |||
| Mg | |||
| Pb | |||
| S | |||
| Sn | |||
| Te | |||
| Zn | |||
| Zr | |||
| Other elements*, each | |||
| *Other elements are for example, Al, Be, Co, Fe, Mn, Ni, Si. | |||
| (b). | Copper alloys | ||
| Metallic substances other than unrefined copper in which copper predominates by weight over each of the other elements, provided that: | |||
| (i). The content by weight of at least one of the other elements is greater than the limit specified in the foregoing table; or | |||
| (ii). The total content by weight of such other elements exceeds 2.5 percent. | |||
| (c). | Master alloys | ||
| Alloys containing with other elements more than 10 percent by weight of copper, not usefully malleable and commonly used as an additive in the manufacture of other alloys or as deoxidants, desulfurizing agents or for similar uses in the metallurgy of nonf | |||
| (d). | 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 "flatte | |||
| Wire bars and billets with their ends tapered or otherwise worked simply to facilitate their entry into machines for converting them into, for example, drawing stock (wire rod) or tubes, are however, to be taken to be unwrought copper of heading 7403. | |||
| (e). | 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 co | |||
| (f). | 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" | |||
| (g). | Plates, sheets, strip and foil | ||
| Flat-surfaced products (other than the unwrought products of heading 7403), 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, | |||
| - 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. | |||
| Headings 7409 and 7410 apply, 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 | |||
| (h). | 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 unif | |||
| Subheading Note | |||
| 1. | In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them: | ||
| (a). | Copper-zinc base alloys (brasses) | ||
| Alloys of copper and zinc, with or without other elements. When other elements are present: | |||
| - zinc predominates by weight over each of such other elements; | |||
| - any nickel content by weight is less than 5 percent (see copper-nickel-zinc alloys nickel silvers)); and | |||
| - any tin content by weight is less than 3 percent (see copper-tin alloys (bronzes)). | |||
| (b). | Copper-tin base alloys (bronzes) | ||
| Alloys of copper and tin, with or without other elements. When other elements are present, tin predominates by weight over each of such other elements, except that when the tin content is 3 percent or more the zinc content by weight may exceed that of tin | |||
| (c). | Copper-nickel-zinc based alloys (nickel silvers) | ||
| Alloys of copper, nickel and zinc, with or without other elements. The nickel content is 5 percent or more by weight (see copper-zinc alloys (brasses)). | |||
| (d). | Copper-nickel base alloys | ||
| Alloys of copper and nickel, with or without other elements but in any case containing by weight not more than 1 percent of zinc. When other elements are present, nickel predominates by weight over each of such other elements. | |||
| Statistical Note | |||
| 1. | For the purpose of heading 7404, the expression: | ||
| (a). | Bare bright wire is copper wire uncoated, unalloyed (ISRI code word Barley); | ||
| (b). | Other No. 1 includes, but is not necessarily limited to: No. 1 heavy copper (ISRI code words Berry, Candy, Clove) and copper nodules (ISRI code word Cocoa); | ||
| (c). | No. 2 copper includes, but is not necessarily limited to: No. 2 copper wire (ISRI code word Birch), No. 2 copper (ISRI code word Cliff), and No. 2 copper nodules (ISRI code word Cobra); | ||
| (d). | Other refined copper includes, but is not necessarily limited to: Refinery/smelter grade copper (ISRI code word Drove), light copper (ISRI code word Dream), and insulated copper wire scrap (ISRI code word Druid); | ||
| (e). | Red and semi-red brass includes, but is not necessarily limited to: Composition or red brass (ISRI code word Ebony), red brass composition (ISRI code word Enerv), and red brass bushings (ISRI code word Elder); | ||
| (f). | Yellow brass clippings, turnings and rod ends includes, but is not necessarily limited to: New brass clippings (ISRI code word Label), yellow brass rod turnings (ISRI code words Night, Nomad), and new yellow brass rod ends (ISRI code word Noble); | ||
| (g). | Other yellow brass includes, but is not necessarily limited to: Yellow brass scrap (ISRI code word Honey), yellow brass castings (ISRI code word Ivory), and shell cases (ISRI code words Lace, Lady, Lake, Lamb); | ||
| (h). | Other copper alloys includes, but is not necessarily limited to: High grade-low lead bronze solids (ISRI code word Eland); nickel silver (ISRI code words Maize, Major, Malic), and manganese bronze (ISRI code word Parch); | ||
| (ij). | Mixed solids and turnings of copper and copper alloy scrap, free of insulated wire and grindings includes, but is not necessarily limited to: Brass and bronze solids, turnings and soldered fittings (ISRI code word Drink); | ||
| (k). | Other copper scrap includes, but is not necessarily limited to: Grindings and unprepared tangled material. | ||
| Schedule B No. and Headings | Commodity Description | Unit of Quantity | Second Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Copper and Articles Thereof | ||
| 7401 | - Copper mattes; cement copper (precipitated copper): | ||
| 7401.00.0010 | - - Copper mattes | Cu kg | |
| 7401.00.0050 | - - Cement copper (precipitated copper) | kg | |
| 7402.00.0000 | - Unrefined copper; copper anodes for electrolytic refining | kg | |
| 7403 | - Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought (other than master alloys of heading 7405): | kg | |
| - - Refined copper: | |||
| 7403.11.0000 | - - - Cathodes and sections of cathodes | kg | |
| 7403.12.0000 | - - - Wire bars | kg | |
| 7403.13.0000 | - - - Billets | kg | |
| 7403.19.0000 | - - - Other | kg | |
| - - Copper alloys: | |||
| 7403.21.0000 | - - - Copper-zinc base alloys (brass) | kg | |
| 7403.22.0000 | - - - Copper-tin base alloys (bronze) | kg | |
| 7403.29 | - - - Other copper alloys: | ||
| 7403.29.0110 | - - - - Copper-nickel base alloys (cupro-nickel) or copper- nickel-zinc base alloys (nickel silver) | kg | |
| 7403.29.0180 | - - - - Other | kg | |
| 7404 | - Copper waste and scrap: | ||
| - - With copper content as refined copper: | |||
| - - - No. 1 copper: | |||
| 7404.00.0010 | - - - - Bare bright wire | kg | |
| 7404.00.0015 | - - - - Other | kg | |
| 7404.00.0025 | - - - No. 2 copper | kg | |
| 7404.00.0030 | - - - Other | kg | |
| - - Segregated scrap with copper content as copper alloys: | |||
| - - - Red and semi-red brass: | |||
| 7404.00.0041 | - - - - Containing more than 0.3 percent lead | kg | |
| 7404.00.0046 | - - - - Other | kg | |
| - - - Yellow brass clippings, turnings and rod ends: | |||
| 7404.00.0051 | - - - - Containing more than 0.3 percent lead | kg | |
| 7404.00.0056 | - - - - Other | kg | |
| - - - Other yellow brass: | |||
| 7404.00.0061 | - - - - Containing more than 0.3 percent lead | kg | |
| 7404.00.0066 | - - - - Other | kg | |
| 7404.00.0075 | - - - Other | kg | |
| - - Unsegregated (mixed) scrap: | |||
| 7404.00.0085 | - - - Mixed solids and turnings of copper and copper alloy scrap, free of insulated wire and grindings | kg | |
| 7404.00.0095 | - - - Other | kg | |
| 7405.00.0000 | - Master alloys of copper | kg | |
| 7406 | - Copper powders and flakes: | ||
| 7406.10.0000 | - - Powders of non-lamellar structure | kg | |
| 7406.20.0000 | - - Powders of lamellar structure; flakes | kg | |
| 7407 | - Copper bars, rods and profiles: | ||
| 7407.10.0000 | - - Of refined copper | kg | |
| - - Of copper alloys: | |||
| 7407.21.0000 | - - - Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass) | kg | |
| 7407.29 | - - - Other: | ||
| 7407.29.0020 | - - - - Of copper-nickel base alloys (cupro-nickel) or copper- nickel-zinc base alloys (nickel silver) | kg | |
| 7407.29.0090 | - - - - Other | kg | |
| 7408 | - Copper wire: | ||
| - - Of refined copper: | |||
| 7408.11 | - - - Of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm (0.23 inch): | ||
| 7408.11.3000 | - - - - With a maximum cross-sectional dimension over 9.5 mm (0.37 inch) | kg | |
| 7408.11.6000 | - - - - With a maximum cross-sectional dimension over 6 mm (.0.23 inch) but not over 9.5 mm (0.37 inch) | kg | |
| 7408.19.0000 | - - - Other | kg | |
| - - Of copper alloys: | |||
| 7408.21.0000 | - - - Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass) | kg | |
| 7408.22.0000 | - - - Of copper-nickel base alloys (cupro-nickel) or copper-nickel-zinc base alloys (nickel silver) | kg | |
| 7408.29.0000 | - - - Other | kg | |
| 7409 | - Copper plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0.15 mm (0.006 inch): | ||
| - - Of refined copper: | |||
| 7409.11.0000 | - - - In coils | kg | |
| 7409.19.0000 | - - - Other | kg | |
| - - Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass): | |||
| 7409.21.0000 | - - - In coils | kg | |
| 7409.29.0000 | - - - Other | kg | |
| - - Of copper-tin base alloys (bronze): | |||
| 7409.31.0000 | - - - In coils | kg | |
| 7409.39.0000 | - - - Other | kg | |
| 7409.40.0000 | - - Of copper-nickel base alloys (cupro-nickel) or copper-nickel- zinc base alloys (nickel silver) | kg | |
| 7409.90.0000 | - - Of other copper alloys | kg | |
| 7410 | - Copper foil (whether or not printed or backed with paper, paper- board, plastics or similar backing materials) of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0.15 mm (0.006 inch): | ||
| - - Not backed: | |||
| 7410.11.0000 | - - - Of refined copper | kg | |
| 7410.12.0000 | - - - Of copper alloys | kg | |
| - - Backed: | |||
| 7410.21 | - - - Of refined copper: | ||
| 7410.21.3000 | - - - - Copper clad laminates | m2 | |
| 7410.21.6000 | - - - - Other | kg | |
| 7410.22.0000 | - - - Of copper alloys | kg | |
| 7411 | - Copper tubes and pipes: | ||
| 7411.10 | - - Of refined copper: | ||
| 7411.10.1000 | - - - Seamless | kg | |
| 7411.10.5000 | - - - Other | kg | |
| - - Of copper alloys: | |||
| 7411.21 | - - - Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass): | ||
| 7411.21.1000 | - - - - Seamless | kg | |
| 7411.21.5000 | - - - - Other | kg | |
| 7411.22.0000 | - - - Of copper-nickel base alloys (cupro-nickel) or copper- nickel-zinc base alloys (nickel silver) | kg | |
| 7411.29 | - - - Other: | ||
| 7411.29.1000 | - - - - Seamless | kg | |
| 7411.29.5000 | - - - - Other | kg | |
| 7412 | - Copper tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves): | ||
| 7412.10.0000 | - - Of refined copper | kg | |
| 7412.20.0000 | - - Of copper alloys | kg | |
| 7413 | - Stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, including slings and similar articles, of copper, not electrically insulated: | ||
| - - Not fitted with fittings and not made up into articles: | |||
| 7413.00.1000 | - - - Stranded wire | kg | |
| 7413.00.5000 | - - - Other | kg | |
| 7413.00.9000 | - - Fitted with fittings or made up into articles | kg | |
| 7415 | - Nails, tacks, drawing pins, staples (other than those of heading 8305) and similar articles, of copper or of iron or steel with heads of copper; screws, bolts, nuts, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter pins, washers (including spring washers) and similar articles, of copper: | ||
| 7415.10.0000 | - - Nails and tacks, drawing pins, staples and similar articles | kg | |
| - - Other articles, not threaded: | |||
| 7415.21.0000 | - - - Washers (including spring washers) | kg | |
| 7415.29.0000 | - - - Other | kg | |
| - - Other threaded articles: | |||
| 7415.33 | - - - Screws, bolts, and nuts: | ||
| 7415.33.0500 | - - - - Screws for wood | kg | |
| 7415.33.8550 | - - - - Other | kg | |
| 7415.39.0000 | - - - Other | kg | |
| 7418 | - Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of copper; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of copper; sanitary ware and parts thereof, of copper: | ||
| 7418.10 | - - Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like: | ||
| 7418.10.1000 | - - - Pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like | kg | |
| 7418.10.3000 | - - - Cooking or heating apparatus of a kind used for domestic purposes, non-electric, and parts thereof, of copper | kg | |
| 7418.10.6000 | - - - Other | kg | |
| 7418.20.0000 | - - Sanitary ware and parts thereof | kg | |
| 7419 | - Other articles of copper: | ||
| 7419.10.0000 | - - Chain and parts thereof | kg | |
| - - Other: | |||
| 7419.91 | - - - Cast, molded, stamped or forged, but not further worked: | ||
| 7419.91.0010 | - - - - Brass plumbing goods, not elsewhere specified or included | kg | |
| 7419.91.0050 | - - - - Other | kg | |
| 7419.99 | - - - Other: | ||
| - - - - Cloth (including endless bands), grill and netting, of copper wire; expanded metal of copper: | |||
| 7419.99.0100 | - - - - - Cloth | kg | |
| 7419.99.0900 | - - - - - Other | kg | |
| 7419.99.1500 | - - - - Containers of a kind normally carried on the person, in the pocket or in the handbag | Doz. | |
| 7419.99.1600 | - - - - Copper springs | kg | |
| 7419.99.5010 | - - - - Brass plumbing goods not elsewhere specified or included | kg | |
| 7419.99.5500 | - - - - Other | kg |
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