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 de-scaling), 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
76.01), 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.
Headings 76.06 and 76.07 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.
(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.
Subheading Notes.
1. -
In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby
assigned to them :
(a)
Aluminium, not alloyed
Metal
containing by weight at least 99 % of aluminium, 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 % by weight
|
Fe + Si (iron plus silicon)
Other elements⁽¹⁾, each
|
1
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 % but not
more than 0.2 %, provided that neither the chromium nor manganese
content exceeds 0.05 %.
|
(b)
Aluminium alloys
Metallic
substances in which aluminium 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 %.
2. -
Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter Note 1 (c), 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.