Harmonized Tariff Schedule

Heading/ Subheading	Stat Suffix	Article Description	Unit of Quantity	Rates of Duty
				1		2
				General	Special	2
7601		Unwrought aluminum:
7601.10		Aluminum, not alloyed:
7601.10.30	00	Of uniform cross section throughout its length, the least cross-sectional dimension of which is not greater than 9.5 mm, in coils	kg	2.6% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	18.5% 1/
7601.10.60		Other		Free 1/ 1/		11% 1/
7601.10.60.30	30	Of greater than 99.8 percent aluminum	kg
7601.10.60.90	90	Other	kg
7601.20		Aluminum alloys:
7601.20.30	00	Of uniform cross section throughout its length, the least cross-sectional dimension of which is not greater than 9.5 mm, in coils	kg	2.6% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	18.5% 1/
		Other:
7601.20.60	00	Containing 25 percent or more by weight of silicon	kg	2.1% 1/ 1/	Free (A+, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	25% 1/
7601.20.90		Other		Free 1/ 1/		10.5% 1/
7601.20.90.30	30	Aluminum vanadium master alloy	kg
		Other:
7601.20.90.45	45	Of uniform circular cross section throughout its length, the foregoing comprised of billets, not in coils	kg
7601.20.90.60	60	Other, containing 0.03 percent or more by weight of lead (secondary aluminum)	kg
		Other:
7601.20.90.75	75	Remelt scrap ingot	kg
7601.20.90.80	80	Sheet ingot (slab) of a kind described in statistical note 3 to this chapter	kg
7601.20.90.85	85	Foundry ingot of a kind described in statistical note 4 to this chapter	kg
7601.20.90.95	95	Other	kg
7602.00.00		Aluminum waste and scrap		Free 1/		Free
7602.00.00.35	35	Recyclable beverage containers	kg
7602.00.00.95	95	Recyclable aluminum from industrial processes, including turnings, borings, shavings, filings, clippings and chips	kg
7602.00.00.97	97	Other recyclable aluminum	kg
7602.00.00.98	98	Other	kg
7603		Aluminum powders and flakes:
7603.10.00	00	Powders of non-lamellar structure	kg	5% 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
7603.20.00	00	Powders of lamellar structure; flakes	kg	3.9% 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	11%
7604		Aluminum bars, rods and profiles:
7604.10		Of aluminum, not alloyed:
7604.10.10	00	Profiles	kg	5% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
		Bars and rods:
7604.10.30	00	Having a round cross section	kg	2.6% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	11% 1/
7604.10.50	00	Other	kg	3% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	13.5% 1/
		Of aluminum alloys:
7604.21.00		Hollow profiles		1.5% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	15.5% 1/
7604.21.00.10	10	Heat-treatable industrial alloys of a kind described in statistical note 7 to this chapter	kg
7604.21.00.90	90	Other	kg
7604.29		Other:
7604.29.10		Other profiles		5% 1/ 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
7604.29.10.10	10	Heat-treatable industrial alloys of a kind described in statistical note 7 to this chapter	kg
7604.29.10.90	90	Other	kg
		Bars and rods:
7604.29.30		Having a round cross section		2.6% 1/ 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	11% 1/
7604.29.30.30	30	High-strength heat-treatable alloys of a kind described in statistical note 6 to this chapter	kg
7604.29.30.60	60	Heat-treatable industrial alloys of a kind described in statistical note 7 to this chapter	kg
7604.29.30.90	90	Other	kg
7604.29.50		Other		3% 1/ 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	13.5% 1/
7604.29.50.20	20	High-strength heat-treatable alloys of a kind described in statistical note 6 to this chapter	kg
7604.29.50.50	50	Heat-treatable industrial alloys of a kind described in statistical note 7 to this chapter	kg
7604.29.50.90	90	Other	kg
7605		Aluminum wire:
		Of aluminum, not alloyed:
7605.11.00	00	Of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7 mm	kg	2.6% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	11% 1/
7605.19.00	00	Other	kg	4.2% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	25% 1/
		Of aluminum alloys:
7605.21.00	00	Of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7 mm	kg	2.6% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	11% 1/
7605.29.00	00	Other	kg	4.2% 1/ 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	25% 1/
7606		Aluminum plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0.2 mm:
		Rectangular (including square):
7606.11		Of aluminum, not alloyed:
7606.11.30		Not clad		3% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	13.5% 1/
7606.11.30.30	30	With a thickness of more than 6.3 mm	kg
7606.11.30.60	60	With a thickness of 6.3 mm or less	kg
7606.11.60	00	Clad	kg	2.7% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	9.5% 1/
7606.12		Of aluminum alloys:
7606.12.30		Not clad		3% 1/ 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	13.5% 1/
		With a thickness of more than 6.3 mm:
7606.12.30.15	15	High-strength heat-treatable alloys of a kind described in statistical note 6 to this chapter	kg
7606.12.30.25	25	Heat-treatable industrial alloys of a kind described in statistical note 7 to this chapter	kg
7606.12.30.35	35	Other	kg
		With a thickness of 6.3 mm or less:
		Aluminum can stock:
7606.12.30.45	45	Body stock	kg
7606.12.30.55	55	Lid stock	kg
		Other:
7606.12.30.91	91	Heat-treatable industrial alloys of a kind described in statistical note 7 to this chapter	kg
7606.12.30.96	96	Other	kg
7606.12.60	00	Clad	kg	6.5% 1/ 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	30% 1/
		Other:
7606.91		Of aluminum, not alloyed:
7606.91.30		Not clad		3% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	13.5% 1/
7606.91.30.55	55	With a thickness of more than 6.3 mm	kg
7606.91.30.95	95	With a thickness of 6.3 mm or less	kg
7606.91.60		Clad		2.7% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	9.5% 1/
7606.91.60.55	55	With a thickness of more than 6.3 mm	kg
7606.91.60.95	95	With a thickness of 6.3 mm or less	kg
7606.92		Of aluminum alloys:
7606.92.30		Not clad		3% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	13.5% 1/
7606.92.30.25	25	With a thickness of more than 6.3 mm	kg
7606.92.30.35	35	With a thickness of 6.3 mm or less	kg
7606.92.60		Clad		6.5% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	30% 1/
7606.92.60.55	55	With a thickness of more than 6.3 mm	kg
7606.92.60.95	95	With a thickness of 6.3 mm or less	kg
7607		Aluminum foil (whether or not printed, or backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or similar backing materials) of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0.2 mm:
		Not backed:
7607.11		Rolled but not further worked:
		Of a thickness not exceeding 0.15 mm:
7607.11.30	00	Of a thickness not exceeding 0.01 mm	kg	5.8% 1/ 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	40%
7607.11.60		Of a thickness exceeding 0.01 mm		5.3% 1/ 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	40%
7607.11.60.10	10	Boxed aluminum foil weighing not more than 11.3 kg	kg m²
7607.11.60.90	90	Other	kg m²
7607.11.90		Other		3% 1/ 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	13.5% 1/
		Aluminum can stock:
7607.11.90.30	30	Body stock	kg
7607.11.90.60	60	Lid stock	kg
7607.11.90.90	90	Other	kg
7607.19		Other:
7607.19.10	00	Etched capacitor foil	kg	5.3% 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	40%
		Other:
7607.19.30	00	Cut to shape, of a thickness not exceeding 0.15 mm	kg	5.7% 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
7607.19.60	00	Other	kg	3% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	13.5% 1/
7607.20		Backed:
7607.20.10	00	Covered or decorated with a character, design, fancy effect or pattern	kg	3.7% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	22.5% 1/
7607.20.50	00	Other	kg	Free 1/		23% 1/
7608		Aluminum tubes and pipes:
7608.10.00		Of aluminum, not alloyed		5.7% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, B, BH, C, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
7608.10.00.30	30	Seamless	kg
7608.10.00.90	90	Other	kg
7608.20.00		Of aluminum alloys		5.7% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, B, BH, C, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
7608.20.00.30	30	Seamless	kg
7608.20.00.90	90	Other	kg
7609.00.00	00	Aluminum tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves)	kg	5.7% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, B, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
7610		Aluminum structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 9406) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, balustrades, pillars and columns); aluminum plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures:
7610.10.00		Doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors		5.7% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
7610.10.00.10	10	Windows and their frames	kg
7610.10.00.20	20	Thresholds for doors	kg
7610.10.00.30	30	Other	kg
7610.90.00		Other		5.7% 1/ 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
7610.90.00.20	20	Sheet-metal roofing, siding, flooring, and roof guttering and drainage equipment	kg
7610.90.00.40	40	Architectural and ornamental work	kg
		Other:
7610.90.00.60	60	Mobile homes	kg
7610.90.00.80	80	Other	kg
7611.00.00		Aluminum reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity exceeding 300 liters, whether or not lined or heat insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment		2.6% 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
7611.00.00.30	30	Tanks	No.
7611.00.00.90	90	Other	No.
7612		Aluminum casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers (including rigid or collapsible tubular containers), for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity not exceeding 300 liters, whether or not lined or heat insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment:
7612.10.00	00	Collapsible tubular containers	No.	2.4% 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
7612.90		Other:
7612.90.10		Of a capacity not exceeding 20 liters		5.7% 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
7612.90.10.30	30	Cans of a capacity not exceeding 355 ml	No.
7612.90.10.60	60	Cans of a capacity exceeding 355 ml but less than 3.8 liters	No.
7612.90.10.90	90	Other	No.
7612.90.50	00	Other	No.	Free 1/		25% 1/
7613.00.00	00	Aluminum containers for compressed or liquefied gas	No.	5% 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	25% 1/
7614		Stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, including slings and similar articles, of aluminum, not electrically insulated:
7614.10		With steel core:
7614.10.10	00	Not fitted with fittings and not made up into articles	kg	4.9% 1/	Free (A+, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	35%
7614.10.50	00	Fitted with fittings or made up into articles	kg	4.9% 1/	Free (A*, AU, B, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	35%
7614.90		Other:
		Not fitted with fittings and not made up into articles:
7614.90.20		Electrical conductors		4.9% 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	35%
7614.90.20.30	30	With a cross-sectional area less than 240 mm²	kg
7614.90.20.60	60	With a cross-sectional area greater than or equal to 240 mm²	kg
7614.90.40	00	Other	kg	4.9% 1/	Free (A+, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	35%
7614.90.50	00	Fitted with fittings or made up into articles	kg	5.7% 1/	Free (A, AU, B, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
7615		Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of aluminum; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of aluminum; sanitary ware and parts thereof, of aluminum:
7615.10		Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like:
7615.10.11	00	Pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like	kg	3.1% 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45.5%
		Other:
		Cooking and kitchen ware:
		Enameled or glazed or containing nonstick interior finishes:
7615.10.20		Cast		3.1% 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45.5%
7615.10.20.15	15	Bakeware (cookware not suitable for stove top use)	No. kg
7615.10.20.25	25	Other	No. kg
7615.10.30		Other		3.1% 1/ 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45.5%
7615.10.30.15	15	Bakeware (cookware not suitable for stove top use)	No. kg
7615.10.30.25	25	Other	No. kg
		Not enameled or glazed and not containing nonstick interior finishes:
7615.10.50		Cast		3.1% 1/ 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45.5%
7615.10.50.20	20	Bakeware (cookware not suitable for stove top use)	No. kg
7615.10.50.40	40	Other	No. kg
7615.10.71		Other		3.1% 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45.5%
7615.10.71.25	25	Containers suitable for food preparation, baking, reheating or storage, 0.04 mm or more but not over 0.22 mm in thickness	No. kg
		Other cookware:
7615.10.71.30	30	Bakeware (cookware not suitable for stove top use)	No. kg
7615.10.71.55	55	Other	No. kg
7615.10.71.80	80	Other	No. kg
7615.10.91	00	Other	kg	3.1% 1/ 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45.5%
7615.20.00	00	Sanitary ware and parts thereof	kg	3.8% 1/ 1/	Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45.5%
7616		Other articles of aluminum:
7616.10		Nails, tacks, staples (other than those of heading 8305), screws, bolts, nuts, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter pins, washers and similar articles:
7616.10.10	00	Nails, tacks and staples	kg	5.7% 1/	Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
7616.10.30	00	Rivets	kg	4.7% 1/	Free (A, AU, B, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
7616.10.50	00	Cotters and cotter pins	kg	5.7% 1/	Free (A, AU, B, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
		Other:
7616.10.70		Having shanks, threads or holes over 6 mm in diameter		5.5% 1/	Free (A, AU, B, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) 2.75% (JP)	45%
7616.10.70.30	30	Threaded fasteners	kg
7616.10.70.90	90	Other	kg
7616.10.90		Other		6% 1/ 1/	Free (A, AU, B, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
7616.10.90.30	30	Threaded fasteners	kg
7616.10.90.90	90	Other	kg
		Other:
7616.91.00	00	Cloth, grill, netting and fencing, of aluminum wire	kg	2.5% 1/	Free (A*, AU, B, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
7616.99		Other:
7616.99.10	00	Luggage frames	kg	Free 1/ 1/		45%
7616.99.51		Other		2.5% 1/	Free (A*, AU, B, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG)	45%
7616.99.51.20	20	Laminated goods consisting of 2 or more flat-rolled sheets of aluminum held together with an adhesive or having a core of non-metallic material	kg
7616.99.51.30	30	Ladders	No.
7616.99.51.40	40	Venetian blinds and parts thereof	No.
7616.99.51.50	50	Hangers and supports for pipes and tubes	kg
		Other:
7616.99.51.60	60	Castings	kg
7616.99.51.70	70	Forgings	kg
		Other:
7616.99.51.75	75	Articles of wire	kg
7616.99.51.90	90	Other	kg

CHAPTER 76

ALUMINUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF

76-1

Subheading Notes

1. In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:

(a) Aluminum, not alloyed

Metal containing by weight at least 99 percent of aluminum, provided that the content by weight of any other element does not exceed the limit specified in the following table:

TABLE - Other elements
Element	Limiting content percent by weight
Fe + Si (iron plus silicon)	1
Other elements ⁽¹⁾, each	0.1 ⁽²⁾
⁽¹⁾ Other elements are, for example, Cr, Cu, Mg, Mn, Ni, Zn.
⁽²⁾ Copper is permitted in a proportion greater than 0.1 percent but not more than 0.2 percent, provided that neither the chromium nor manganese content exceeds 0.05 percent.

(b) Aluminum alloys
Metallic substances in which aluminum predominates by weight over each of the other elements, provided that:
- (i) The content by weight of at least one of the other elements or of iron plus silicon taken together is greater than the limit specified in the foregoing table; or
- (ii) The total content by weight of such other elements exceeds 1 percent.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of note 9(c) to section XV, for the purposes of subheading 7616.91 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.

Additional U.S. Note

1. For the purposes of heading 7608, the rate of duty "Free (C)" appearing in the "Special" subcolumn applies only to tubes and pipes with attached fittings, suitable for conducting gases or liquids.

Statistical Notes

l. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "aluminum vanadium master alloy" refers to aluminum alloys which contain by weight 20 percent or more of vanadium.
2. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "aluminum can stock" refers to sheets and strip in coils, of alloys of aluminum in which either manganese or magnesium is the predominant alloying element, not painted, over 0.175 mm but not over 0.432 mm in thickness, and over 254 mm in width, comprising "body stock and "lid stock" as specified below:
- (a) The term "body stock" refers to aluminum can stock having manganese as the predominant alloying element and having a minimum tensile strength of 262 MPa; and
- (b) The term "lid stock" refers to aluminum can stock having magnesium as the predominant alloying element and having a minimum tensile strength of 345 MPa.
3. For the purposes of statistical reporting number 7601.20.9080, "sheet ingot" (slabs) refers to aluminum alloys with a rectangular cross-section suitable to be manufactured into other products.
4. For the purposes of statistical reporting number 7601.20.9085, "foundry ingot" refers to large castings of aluminum alloys of various shapes other than sheets or slabs to be melted for further processing.
5. For statistical reporting purposes under subheading 7602.00.00, the term “recyclable aluminum” refers to materials that are obsolete, previously used, off-specification, surplus, or incidentally produced and are collected and sorted for processing into a specification-grade commodity. Recyclable materials may also be considered as scrap but do not include solid waste or residue.
6. For the purposes of statistical reporting numbers 7604.29.3030, 7604.29.5020 and 7606.12.3015, “high-strength heat-treatable alloys” refers to aluminum containing by weight 7.0 percent or less of copper or 10.0 percent or less of zinc, and/or are designated as series 2xxx or 7xxx (except 7072) in the Aluminum Association’s specifications of registered alloys.
7. For the purposes of statistical reporting numbers 7604.21.0010, 7604.29.1010, 7604.29.3060, 7604.29.5050, 7606.12.3025 and 7606.12.3091, “heat-treatable industrial alloys” refers to aluminum containing by weight 3.0 percent or less of magnesium and 3.0 percent or less of silicon, and/or are designated as series 6xxx in the Aluminum Association’s specifications of registered alloys.

SECTION XV

BASE METALS AND ARTICLES

OF BASE METAL

XV-1

Notes

1. This section does not cover:
- (a) Prepared paints, inks or other products with a basis of metallic flakes or powder (headings 3207 to 3210, 3212, 3213 or 3215);
- (b) Ferrocerium or other pyrophoric alloys (heading 3606);
- (c) Headgear or parts thereof of heading 6506 or 6507;
- (d) Umbrella frames or other articles of heading 6603;
- (e) Goods of chapter 71 (for example, precious metal alloys, base metal clad with precious metal, imitation jewelry);
- (f) Articles of section XVI (machinery, mechanical appliances and electrical goods);
- (g) Assembled railway or tramway track (heading 8608) or other articles of section XVII (vehicles, ships and boats, aircraft);
- (h) Instruments or apparatus of section XVIII, including clock or watch springs;
- (ij) Lead shot prepared for ammunition (heading 9306) or other articles of section XIX (arms and ammunition);
- (k) Articles of chapter 94 (for example, furniture, mattress supports, luminaires and lighting fittings, illuminated signs, prefabricated buildings);
- (l) Articles of chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports equipment);
- (m) Hand sieves, buttons, pens, pencil-holders, pen nibs, monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles or other articles of chapter 96 (miscellaneous manufactured articles); or
- (n) Articles of chapter 97 (for example, works of art).
2. Throughout the tariff schedule, the expression "parts of general use" means:
- (a) Articles of heading 7307, 7312, 7315, 7317 or 7318 and similar articles of other base metal, other than articles specially designed for use exclusively in implants in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences (heading 9021);
- (b) Springs and leaves for springs, of base metal, other than clock or watch springs (heading 9114); and
- (c) Articles of heading 8301, 8302, 8308 or 8310 and frames and mirrors, of base metal, of heading 8306.
In chapters 73 to 76 and 78 to 82 (but not in heading 7315) references to parts of goods do not include references to parts of general use as defined above.
Subject to the preceding paragraph and to note 1 to chapter 83, the articles of chapter 82 or 83 are excluded from chapters 72 to 76 and 78 to 81.
3. Throughout the schedule, the expression "base metals" means: iron and steel, copper, nickel, aluminum, lead, zinc, tin, tungsten (wolfram), molybdenum, tantalum, magnesium, cobalt, bismuth, cadmium, titanium, zirconium, antimony, manganese, beryllium, chromium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, hafnium, indium, niobium (columbium), rhenium and thallium.
4. Throughout the schedule, the term "cermets" means products containing a microscopic heterogeneous combination of a metallic component and a ceramic component. The term "cermets" includes sintered metal carbides (metal carbides sintered with a metal).
5. Classification of alloys (other than ferroalloys and master alloys as defined in chapters 72 and 74):
- (a) An alloy of base metals is to be classified as an alloy of the metal which predominates by weight over each of the other metals.
- (b) An alloy composed of base metals of this section and of elements not falling within this section is to be treated as an alloy of base metals of this section if the total weight of such metals equals or exceeds the total weight of the other elements present.
- (c) In this section the term "alloys" includes sintered mixtures of metal powders, heterogeneous intimate mixtures obtained by melting (other than cermets) and intermetallic compounds.
6. Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in the tariff schedule to a base metal includes a reference to alloys which, by virtue of note 5 above, are to be classified as alloys of that metal.
7. Classification of composite articles:
Except where the headings otherwise require, articles of base metal (including articles of mixed materials treated as articles of base metal under the General Rules of Interpretation) containing two or more base metals are to be treated as articles of the base metal predominating by weight over each of the other metals. For this purpose:
- (a) Iron and steel, or different kinds of iron or steel, are regarded as one and the same metal;
- (b) An alloy is regarded as being entirely composed of that metal as an alloy of which, by virtue of note 5, it is classified; and
- (c) A cermet of heading 8113 is regarded as a single base metal.
8. In this section, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
- (a) Waste and scrap
  - (i) All metal waste and scrap;
  - (ii) Metal goods definitely not usable as such because of breakage, cutting-up, wear or other reasons.
- (b) Powders
  Products of which 90 percent or more by weight passes through a sieve having a mesh aperture of 1 mm.
9. For the purposes of chapters 74 to 76 and 78 to 81, 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 de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings.
Wire bars and billets of chapter 74 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. This provision applies mutatis mutandis to the products of chapter 81.
- (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 de-scaling), 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), 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.
Headings for plates, sheets, strip, and foil 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 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 considered as 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.

Additional U.S. Note

1. For the purposes of this section, the term "unwrought" refers to metal, whether or not refined, in the form of ingots, blocks, lumps, billets, cakes, slabs, pigs, cathodes, anodes, briquettes, cubes, sticks, grains, sponge, pellets, flattened pellets, rounds, rondelles, 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.

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