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Chapter 74 |
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COPPER
AND ARTICLES THEREOF |
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Note. |
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1.
In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned
to them: |
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(a)
Refined copper |
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Metal
containing at least 99.85 % by weight of copper; or |
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Metal
containing at least 97.5 % by weight of copper, provided that the content by
weight of any other element does not exceed the limit specified in the
following table: |
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TABLE
- Other elements |
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*
Other elements are, for example. Al, Be, Co, Fe, Mn, Ni, Si. |
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(b)
Copper alloys |
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Metallic
substances other than unrefined copper in which copper predominates by weight
over each of the other elements, provided that: |
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(i)
the content by weight of at least one of the other elements is greater than
the limit specified in the foregoing table; or |
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(ii)
the total content by weight of such other elements exceeds 2.5 %. |
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(c)
Master alloys |
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Alloys
containing with other elements more than 10 % by weight of copper, not
usefully malleable and commonly used as an additive in the manufacture of
other alloys or as de-oxidants, de- sulphurising agents or for similar uses
in the metallurgy of non-ferrous metals. However, copper phosphide (phosphor
copper) containing more than 15% by weight of phosphorus falls in heading
28.53. |
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(d)
Bars and rods |
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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 de-scaling), provided that they have
not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings. |
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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 74.03. |
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(e)
Profiles |
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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 de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed
the character of articles or products of other headings. |
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(f)
Wire |
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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. |
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(g)
Plates, sheets, strip and foil |
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Flat-surfaced
products (other than the unwrought products of heading 74.03), 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: |
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of rectangular (including square) shape with a thickness not exceeding
one-tenth of the width, |
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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. |
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Headings
74.09 and 74.10 apply, inter alia, to plates, sheets, strip and foil with patterns (for example,
grooves, ribs, chequers, 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. |
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(h)
Tubes and pipes |
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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. |
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Subheading
Note. |
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1.
In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned
to them: |
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(a)
Copper-zinc base alloys (brasses) |
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Alloys
of copper and zinc, with or without other elements. When other elements are
present: |
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zinc predominates by weight over each of such other elements; |
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any nickel content by weight is less than 5 % (see copper-nickel-zinc alloys
(nickel silvers)); and |
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any tin content by weight is less than 3 % (see copper-tin alloys (bronzes)). |
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(b)
Copper-tin base alloys (bronzes) |
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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 % or more the zinc content by weight may
exceed that of tin but must be less than 10 %. |
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(c)
Copper-nickel-zinc base alloys (nickel silvers) |
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Alloys
of copper, nickel and zinc, with or without other elements. The nickel
content is 5 % or more by weight (see copper-zinc alloys (brasses)). |
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(d)
Copper-nickel base alloys |
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Alloys
of copper and nickel, with or without other elements but in any case
containing by weight not more than 1 % of zinc. When other elements are
present, nickel predominates by weight over each of such other elements. |
| HS code |
Product
description in English |
| 74010000 |
Copper mattes;
cement copper (precipitated copper). |
| 74020000 |
Unrefined
copper; copper anodes for electrolytic refining. |
| 7403 |
Refined
copper and copper alloys, unwrought. |
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Refined copper: |
| 74031100 |
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- Cathodes and sections of cathodes |
| 74031200 |
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- Wire-bars |
| 74031300 |
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- Billets |
| 74031900 |
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- Other |
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Copper alloys: |
| 74032100 |
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- Copper-zinc base alloys (brass) |
| 74032200 |
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- Copper-tin base alloys (bronze) |
| 74032900 |
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- Other copper alloys (other than master alloys of heading 74.05) |
| 74040000 |
Copper
waste and scrap. |
| 74050000 |
Master
alloys of copper. |
| 7406 |
Copper
powders and flakes. |
| 74061000 |
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Powders of non-lamellar structure |
| 74062000 |
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Powders of lamellar structure; flakes |
| 7407 |
Copper
bars, rods and profiles. |
| 740710 |
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Of refined copper: |
| 74071030 |
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- Profiles |
| 74071040 |
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- Bars and rods |
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Of copper alloys: |
| 74072100 |
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- Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass) |
| 74072900 |
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- Other |
| 7408 |
Copper
wire. |
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Of refined copper: |
| 740811 |
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- Of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm: |
| 74081110 |
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- - Of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension does not exceed 14 mm |
| 74081190 |
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- - Other |
| 74081900 |
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- Other |
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Of copper alloys: |
| 74082100 |
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- Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass) |
| 74082200 |
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- Of copper-nickel base alloys (cupro-nickel) or copper-nickel- zinc base
alloys (nickel silver) |
| 74082900 |
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- Other |
| 7409 |
Copper
plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0.15 mm. |
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Of refined copper: |
| 74091100 |
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- In coils |
| 74091900 |
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- Other |
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Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass): |
| 74092100 |
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- In coils |
| 74092900 |
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- Other |
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Of copper-tin base alloys (bronze): |
| 74093100 |
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- In coils |
| 74093900 |
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- Other |
| 74094000 |
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Of copper-nickel base alloys (cupro-nickel) or copper-nickel- zinc base
alloys (nickel silver) |
| 74099000 |
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Of other copper alloys |
| 7410 |
Copper
foil (whether or not printed or backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or
similar backing materials), of a thickness (excluding any backing) not
exceeding 0.15 mm. |
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Not backed: |
| 74101100 |
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- Of refined copper |
| 74101200 |
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- Of copper alloys |
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Backed: |
| 741021 |
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- Of refined copper: |
| 74102110 |
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- - Copper clad laminate for printed circuit boards |
| 74102190 |
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- - Other |
| 74102200 |
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- Of copper alloys |
| 7411 |
Copper
tubes and pipes. |
| 74111000 |
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Of refined copper |
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Of copper alloys: |
| 74112100 |
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- Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass) |
| 74112200 |
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- Of copper-nickel base alloys (cupro-nickel) or copper-nickel- zinc base
alloys (nickel silver) |
| 74112900 |
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- Other |
| 7412 |
Copper
tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves). |
| 74121000 |
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Of refined copper |
| 741220 |
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Of copper alloys: |
| 74122020 |
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- Hose fittings |
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- Other: |
| 74122091 |
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- - Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass) |
| 74122099 |
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- - Other |
| 7413 |
Stranded
wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, of copper, not electrically
insulated. |
| 74130010 |
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Of a diameter not exceeding 28.28 mm |
| 74130090 |
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Other |
| 7415 |
Nails,
tacks, drawing pins, staples (other than those of heading 83.05) 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. |
| 741510 |
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Nails and tacks, drawing pins, staples and similar articles: |
| 74151010 |
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- Nails |
| 74151020 |
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- Staples |
| 74151090 |
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- Other |
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Other articles, not threaded: |
| 74152100 |
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- Washers (including spring washers) |
| 74152900 |
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- Other |
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Other threaded articles: |
| 741533 |
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- Screws; bolts and nuts: |
| 74153310 |
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- - Screws |
| 74153320 |
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- - Bolts and nuts |
| 74153900 |
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- Other |
| 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. |
| 741810 |
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Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof; pot scourers
and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like: |
| 74181010 |
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- Pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like |
| 74181030 |
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- Cooking or heating apparatus of a kind used for household purposes,
non-electric and parts thereof |
| 74181090 |
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- Other |
| 74182000 |
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Sanitary ware and parts thereof |
| 7419 |
Other
articles of copper. |
| 74191000 |
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Chain and parts thereof |
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Other: |
| 741991 |
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- Cast, moulded, stamped or forged, but not further worked: |
| 74199110 |
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- - Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers not fitted with mechanical
or thermal equipment |
| 74199190 |
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- - Other |
| 741999 |
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- Other: |
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- - Cloth (including endless bands), grill and netting, of copper wire;
expanded metal of copper: |
| 74199931 |
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- - - For machinery |
| 74199939 |
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- - - Other |
| 74199940 |
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- - Springs |
| 74199950 |
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- - Cigarette cases or boxes |
| 74199960 |
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- - Cooking or heating apparatus, other than of a kind used for domestic
purposes, and parts thereof |
| 74199970 |
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- - Articles specially designed for use during religious rites |
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- - Other: |
| 74199991 |
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- - - Electroplating anodes; capacity measures (other than for domestic use) |
| 74199992 |
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- - - Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers not fitted with
mechanical or thermal equipment of a capacity of 300 l or less |
| 74199999 |
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- - - Other |