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Chapter 75
Nickel and Articles Thereof

Subheading Notes

1.

In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:

(a)

NICKEL, NOT ALLOYED:

Metal containing by mass at least 99 per cent of nickel plus cobalt, provided:

(i)

the cobalt content by mass does not exceed 1,5 per cent, and

(ii)

the content by mass of any other element does not exceed the limit specified in the following table:

Element Limiting content percentage by mass

Fe - Iron 0,5

O - Oxygen 0,4

Other elements, each 0,3

(b)

NICKEL ALLOYS:

Metallic substances in which nickel predominates by mass over each of the other elements provided:

(i)

the content by mass of cobalt exceeds 1,5 per cent,

(ii)

the content by mass of at least one of the other elements is greater than the limit specified in the foregoing table, or

(iii

the total content by mass of elements (excluding nickel plus cobalt) exceeds 1 per cent.

2.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter Note 9 (c) to Section XV, for the purposes of subheading 7508.10 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.

Rates as at
HeadingDescriptionGeneral
75.01Nickel mattes, nickel oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy:
7501.10Nickel mattesfree
7501.20Nickel oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgyfree
75.02Unwrought nickel:
7502.10Nickel, not alloyedfree
7502.20Nickel alloysfree
7503.00Nickel waste and scrapfree
7504.00Nickel powders and flakesfree
75.05Nickel bars, rods, profiles and wire:
7505.1Bars, rods and profiles:
7505.11Of nickel, not alloyedfree
7505.12Of nickel alloysfree
7505.2Wire:
7505.21Of nickel, not alloyedfree
7505.22Of nickel alloysfree
75.06Nickel plates, sheets, strip and foil:
7506.10Of nickel, not alloyedfree
7506.20Of nickel alloysfree
75.07Nickel tubes, pipes and tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves):
7507.1Tubes and pipes:
7507.11Of nickel, not alloyedfree
7507.12Of nickel alloysfree
7507.20Tube or pipe fittingsfree
75.08Other articles of nickel:
7508.10Cloth, grill and netting, of nickel wirefree
7508.90Otherfree

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