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Section XV › Chapter 83

Chapter 83
Miscellaneous Articles of Base Metal

Miscellaneous Articles of Base Metal

Notes

1.

For the purposes of this Chapter, parts of base metal are to be classified with their parent articles. However, articles of iron or steel of heading 73.12, 73.15, 73.17, 73.18 or 73.20, or similar articles of other base metal (Chapters 74 to 76 and 78 to 81) are not to be taken as parts of articles of this Chapter.

2.

For the purposes of heading 83.02, the word "castors" means those having a diameter (including, where appropriate, tyres) not exceeding 75 mm, or those having a diameter (including, where appropriate, tyres) exceeding 75 mm provided that the width of the wheel or tyre fitted thereto is less than 30 mm.

Rates as at 15 September 2026
HeadingCDDescriptionUnitGeneralEUEFTASADCMERCOSURAfCFTA
83.01Padlocks and locks (key, combination or electrically operated), of base metal; clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks, of base metal; keys for any of the foregoing articles, of base metal:
8301.104Padlockskg20%free20%free18%8%
8301.204Locks of a kind used for motor vehicleskg20%free20%free18%8%
8301.309Locks of a kind used for furniturekg20%free20%free18%8%
8301.40Other locks:
8301.40.100Pin locks incorporating a padlock locking mechanismkg20%free20%free18%8%
8301.40.909Otherkg20%free20%free18%8%
8301.508Clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating lockskg20%free20%free18%8%
8301.602Partskg20%free20%free18%8%
8301.707Keys presented separatelykg20%free20%free18%8%
83.02Base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture, doors, staircases, windows, blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks, chests, caskets or the like; base metal hat-racks, hat-pegs, brackets and similar fixtures; castors with mountings of base metal; automatic door closers of base metal:
8302.103Hingeskg20%15%20%free20%8%
8302.208Castorskg20%free20%free18%8%
8302.30Other mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for motor vehicles:
8302.30.304Fittings of iron, steel or copper, (excluding window opening mechanisms), for windows, doors and door frameskg5%5%freefree2,5%2%
8302.30.908Otherkg20%15%20%free18%8%
8302.4Other mountings, fittings and similar articles:
8302.41Suitable for buildings:
8302.41.100Fittings of iron, steel or copper, of a kind solely or principally for windows, doors and door frameskg5%freefreefree2,5%2%
8302.42Other, suitable for furniture:
8302.41.909Otherkg20%free20%free18%8%
8302.42.107Fittings of iron, steel or copper, of a kind solely or principally for doors and door frameskg5%freefreefree2,5%2%
8302.42.905Otherkg20%free20%free18%8%
8302.494Otherkg20%free20%free18%8%
8302.501Hat-racks, hat-pegs, brackets and similar fixtureskg20%free20%free18%8%
8302.606Automatic door closerskg20%free20%free18%8%
8303.00.103Cash or deed boxes and the likekg20%freefreefree18%8%
8303.00Armoured or reinforced safes, strong-boxes and doors and safe deposit lockers for strong-rooms, cash or deed boxes and the like, of base metal:
8303.00.908Otherkg20%freefreefree18%6%
8304.006Filing cabinets, card-index cabinets, paper trays, paper rests, pen trays, office-stamp stands and similar office or desk equipment, of base metal (excluding office furniture of heading 94.03)kg20%free20%free20%20%
83.05Fittings for loose-leaf binders or files, letter clips, letter corners, paper clips, indexing tags and similar office articles, of base metal; staples in strips (for example, for offices, upholstery, packaging), of base metal:
8305.104Fittings for loose-leaf binders or fileskg20%free20%free20%8%
8305.209Staples in stripskg20%free20%free18%8%
8305.900Other, including partskg20%free20%free20%8%
83.06Bells, gongs and the like, non-electric, of base metal; statuettes and other ornaments, of base metal; photograph, picture or similar frames, of base metal; mirrors of base metal:
8306.108Bells, gongs and the likekgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8306.2Statuettes and other ornaments:
8306.219Plated with precious metalkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8306.297Otherkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8306.307Photograph, pictures or similar frames; mirrorskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
83.07Flexible tubing of base metal, with or without their fittings:
8307.101Of iron or steelkg10%freefreefree10%4%
8307.908Of other base metalkg10%freefreefree10%4%
83.08Clasps, frames with clasps, buckles, buckle-clasps, hooks, eyes, eyelets and the like, of base metal, of a kind used for clothing or clothing accessories, footwear, jewellery, wrist-watches, books, awnings, leather goods, travel goods or saddlery or for other made up articles; tubular or bifurcated rivets, of base metal; beads and spangles, of base metal:
8308.105Hooks, eyes and eyeletskg15%free15%free13,5%6%
8308.20Tubular or bifurcated rivets:
8308.20.107Blind rivetskg15%free15%free13,5%6%
8308.20.905Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free
8308.90Other including parts:
8308.90.206Beadskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8308.90.109Frames with clasps for handbagskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8308.90.907Otherkg15%free15%free13,5%6%
83.09Stoppers, caps and lids (including crown corks, screw caps and pouring stoppers), capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing accessories, of base metal:
8309.109Crown corkskg5%freefreefree2,5%2%
8309.90Other:
8309.90.102Tops with an incised flap and a ring pull or other opening aperture, of aluminiumkg14%free14%free14%5,6%
8309.90.056Of iron or steelkg5%freefreefree5%2%
8309.90.900Otherkg14%free14%free14%5,6%
8310.004Sign-plates, name-plates, address-plates and similar plates, numbers, letters and other symbols, of base metal, excluding those of heading 94.05kg20%free20%free18%8%
83.11Wire, rods, tubes, plates, electrodes and similar products, of base metal or of metal carbides, coated or cored with flux material, of a kind used for soldering, brazing, welding or deposition of metal or of metal carbides; wire and rods, of agglomerated base metal powder, used for metal spraying:
8311.10Coated electrodes of base metal, for electric arc-welding:
8311.10.103With a mild steel corekg10%free10%free10%4%
8311.10.908Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free
8311.207Cored wire of base metal, for electric arc-weldingkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8311.30.109Welding electrodes with a mild steel corekg10%free10%free10%4%
8311.30Coated rods and cored wire, of base metal, for soldering, brazing or welding by flame:
8311.30.907Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free
8311.90Other:
8311.90.106Welding electrodes with a mild steel corekg10%free10%free10%4%
8311.90.904Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free

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