Customs - Tariff Book
Subheading Notes
1.
In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
(a)
ALUMINIUM, NOT ALLOYED:
Metal containing by mass at least 99 per cent of aluminium, provided that the content by mass of any other element does not exceed the limit specified in the following table: Element Limiting content per cent by mass
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 per cent but not more than 0,2 per cent, provided that neither the chromium nor manganese content exceeds 0,05 per cent.
(b)
ALUMINIUM ALLOYS:
Metallic substances in which aluminium predominates by mass over each of the other elements, provided that:
(i)
the content by mass 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 mass of such other elements exceeds 1 per cent.
2.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 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 Notes
1.
The following definitions apply to the goods mentioned in tariff subheadings 7602.00.10, 7602.00.20, 7602.00.30 and 7602.00.40-
(a)
TAINT/TABOR - Clean mixed old alloy sheet aluminium:
(i)
Shall consist of clean old alloy aluminium sheet of two or more alloys, free of foil, venetian blinds, castings, hair wire, screen wire, food or beverage containers, radiator shells, airplane sheet, bottle caps, plastic, dirt, and other non-metallic items.
(ii)
Oil and grease not to total more than 1%.
(iii)
Up to 10% Tale permitted.
(b)
TALK - Aluminium copper radiators:
(i)
Shall consist of clean aluminium and copper radiators, and/or aluminium fins on copper tubing, free of brass tubing, iron and other foreign contamination.
(c)
TENSE - Mixed aluminium castings:
(i)
Shall consist of all clean aluminium castings which may contain auto and airplane castings but no ingots, and to be free of iron, brass, dirt and other non-metallic items.
(ii)
Oil and grease not to total more than 2%.
(d)
TRUMP - Aluminium auto castings:
(i)
Shall consist of all clean automobile aluminium castings of sufficient size to be readily identified and to be free form iron, dirt, brass, bushings, and non-metallic items.
(ii)
Oil and grease not to total more than 2%.
| Heading | Description | General |
|---|---|---|
| 76.01 | Unwrought aluminium: | |
| 7601.10 | Aluminium, not alloyed | free |
| 7601.20 | Aluminium alloys | free |
| 7602.00 | Aluminium waste and scrap: | |
| 7602.00.20 | Talk | free |
| 7602.00.10 | Taint/Tabor | free |
| 7602.00.40 | Trump | free |
| 7602.00.30 | Tense | free |
| 7602.00.90 | Other | free |
| 76.03 | Aluminium powders and flakes: | |
| 7603.10 | Powders of non-lamellar structure | free |
| 7603.20 | Powders of lamellar structure; flakes | free |
| 76.04 | Aluminium bars, rods and profiles: | |
| 7604.10.30 | For blades used with wind turbines | 5% |
| 7604.10 | Of aluminium, not alloyed: | |
| 7604.10.35 | Bars and rods, of a maximum cross-sectional dimension not exceeding 160 mm | 5% |
| 7604.10.90 | Other | free |
| 7604.10.65 | Profiles, of a maximum cross-sectional dimension not exceeding 370 mm | 5% |
| 7604.2 | Of aluminium alloys: | |
| 7604.21.15 | Of a maximum outside cross-sectional dimension not exceeding 370 mm | 15% |
| 7604.21 | Hollow profiles: | |
| 7604.21.90 | Other | free |
| 7604.29 | Other: | |
| 7604.29.15 | Bars and rods, of a maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeding 7,5 mm but not exceeding 160 mm | 15% |
| 7604.29.65 | Profiles, of a maximum cross-sectional dimension not exceeding 370 mm | 15% |
| 7604.29.90 | Other | free |
| 76.05 | Aluminium wire: | |
| 7605.1 | Of aluminium, not alloyed: | |
| 7605.11.05 | Circular, in coils without spools, of a mass exceeding 800 kg/coil | free |
| 7605.11 | Of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7 mm: | |
| 7605.11.80 | Other, of a mass exceeding 20 kg/coil | free |
| 7605.11.90 | Other | free |
| 7605.19 | Other: | |
| 7605.19.05 | Circular, in coils without spools, of a mass exceeding 800 kg/coil | free |
| 7605.19.80 | Other, of a mass exceeding 20 kg/coil | free |
| 7605.2 | Of aluminium alloys: | |
| 7605.19.90 | Other | free |
| 7605.21 | Of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7 mm | free |
| 7605.29 | Other | free |
| 76.06 | Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,2 mm: | |
| 7606.1 | Rectangular (including square): | |
| 7606.11.07 | Containing, by mass, not more than 99,9 per cent of aluminium, laminated or coated on one or on both sides with paint, enamel or plastics [excluding non-slip flooring with patterns in relief (tread plate)] | 15% |
| 7606.11 | Of aluminium, not alloyed: | |
| 7606.11.17 | Containing, by mass, not more than 99,9 per cent of aluminium, not coated or covered with paint, enamel or plastics [excluding non-slip flooring with patterns in relief (tread plate) and those which are perforated] | 15% |
| 7606.12.07 | Coated or covered on one or on both sides with paint, enamel or plastics, of a thickness exceeding 0,25 mm and a width exceeding 100 mm [excluding non-slip flooring with patterns in relief (tread plate) and those which are perforated] | 15% |
| 7606.12.17 | Not coated or covered with paint, enamel or plastics [excluding non- slip flooring with patterns in relief (tread plate),those which are perforated, and those containing by mass more than 0,5 per cent of copper, 6 per cent of magnesium or 4 per cent of silicon] | 15% |
| 7606.12 | Of aluminium alloys: | |
| 7606.11.90 | Other | 15% |
| 7606.12.90 | Other | 15% |
| 7606.9 | Other: | |
| 7606.91.07 | Containing, by mass, not more than 99,9 per cent of aluminium, coated or covered on one or both sides with paint, enamel or plastics [excluding non-slip flooring with patterns in relief (tread plate) and those which are perforated] | 15% |
| 7606.91 | Of aluminium, not alloyed: | |
| 7606.91.17 | Containing, by mass, not more than 99,9 per cent of aluminium, not coated or covered with paint, enamel or plastics [excluding non-slip flooring with patterns in relief (tread plate) and those which are perforated] | 15% |
| 7606.92.17 | Containing, by mass, not more than 99,9 per cent of aluminium, not coated or covered with paint, enamel or plastics [excluding non-slip flooring with patterns in relief (tread plate) and those which are perforated] | 15% |
| 7606.92.07 | Coated or covered on one or on both sides with paint, enamel or plastics, of a thickness exceeding 0,25 mm and a width exceeding 100 mm [excluding non-slip flooring with patterns in relief (tread plate) and those which are perforated] | 15% |
| 7606.92 | Of aluminium alloys: | |
| 7606.91.90 | Other | 15% |
| 7606.92.90 | Other | 15% |
| 76.07 | Aluminium 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: | |
| 7607.1 | Not backed: | |
| 7607.11 | Rolled but not further worked | 15% |
| 7607.19.25 | Other, self-adhesive, coated with glass microspheres | 15% |
| 7607.19.10 | Etched, of a width not exceeding 105 mm | 15% |
| 7607.19 | Other: | |
| 7607.19.90 | Other | 15% |
| 7607.20 | Backed: | |
| 7607.20.20 | Unprinted, of a thickness of 0,1 mm or more but not exceeding 0,15 mm and a width not exceeding 40 mm, lacquered on one side only (excluding that laminated to paper or plastics and reinforced with glass or sisal fibre) | 15% |
| 7607.20.25 | Other, self-adhesive, coated with glass microspheres | 15% |
| 7607.20.90 | Other | 15% |
| 76.08 | Aluminium tubes and pipes: | |
| 7608.10 | Of aluminium, not alloyed | 5% |
| 7608.20 | Of aluminium alloys | free |
| 7609.00.10 | Of an inside diameter of less than 12,7 mm | 10% |
| 7609.00 | Aluminium tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves): | |
| 7609.00.90 | Other | free |
| 76.10 | Aluminium structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 94.06) 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); aluminium plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures: | |
| 7610.10 | Doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors | 10% |
| 7610.90.10 | For electric power lines (including transmission towers or pylons) and power substations | 10% |
| 7610.90 | Other: | |
| 7610.90.90 | Other | 10% |
| 7611.00 | Aluminium reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity exceeding 300 li, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment | free |
| 76.12 | Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers (including rigid or collapsible tubular containers), for any material (excluding compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity not exceeding 300 li, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment: | |
| 7612.10 | Collapsible tubular containers | 10% |
| 7612.90.40 | Cans of a capacity not exceeding 500 ml | 10% |
| 7612.90 | Other: | |
| 7612.90.90 | Other | free |
| 7613.00 | Aluminium containers for compressed or liquefied gas | free |
| 76.14 | Stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, of aluminium, not electrically insulated: | |
| 7614.10 | With steel core | 10% |
| 7614.90.05 | With an aluminium core | 10% |
| 7614.90 | Other: | |
| 7614.90.10 | With a core of composite material | 10% |
| 7614.90.90 | Other | 10% |
| 76.15 | Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of aluminium; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of aluminium; sanitary ware and parts thereof, of aluminium: | |
| 7615.10 | Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like: | |
| 7615.10.10 | Pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like | 20% |
| 7615.10.20 | Hollowware for table or kitchen use (excluding buckets) | 30% |
| 7615.10.90 | Other | 20% |
| 7615.20 | Sanitary ware and parts thereof | 20% |
| 76.16 | Other articles of aluminium: | |
| 7616.10 | Nails, tacks, staples (excluding those of heading 83.05), screws, bolts, nuts, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers and similar articles | free |
| 7616.9 | Other: | |
| 7616.91 | Cloth, grill, netting and fencing, of aluminium wire | free |
| 7616.99.10 | Venetian blinds | 10% |
| 7616.99 | Other: | |
| 7616.99.30 | Slugs for impact extrusion | 10% |
| 7616.99.20 | Steps and ladders | 15% |
| 7616.99.90 | Other | free |
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