7110 49 00 — Platinum, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form: iridium, osmium and ruthenium: other

7110 Platinum, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form: – Platinum: 7110 11 – – Unwrought or in powder form 7110 19 – – Other – Palladium: 7110 21 – – Unwrought or in powder form 7110 29 – – Other – Rhodium: 7110 31 – – Unwrought or in powder form 7110 39 – – Other – Iridium, osmium and ruthenium: 7110 41 – – Unwrought or in powder form 7110 49 – – Other

As in headings 7106 for silver and 7108 for gold, this heading includes platinum and its alloys as defined in the general provisions of this chapter. The term "platinum" means (see note 4(B) to chapter 71): (A) Platinum is a grayish-white soft and malleable metal that does not dim at room temperature and is resistant to acids other than royal vodka. It can be produced in the form of rods, sheets, strips, tubes, wire and other semi-processed forms by forging, rolling or dragging. Due to its exceptional corrosion resistance, high melting point and high catalytic activity, platinum and its alloys are used in many industries to a greater extent than in jewelry or dentistry. For example, in the electrical industry for the production of thermocouples and resistance thermometers, as well as electrical contacts and electrodes for various appliances; in the textile industry for filter spinning machines in the production of chemical fiber; in the glass industry in equipment for the production of molten glass, such as filters in the production of fiberglass, crucibles, stirrings, etc.; in the chemical and oil refining industries as a catalyst (for example, in the process of ammonia oxidation for the production of nitric acid or as catalysts for platforming); in the production of aircraft engines, for the production of electric ignitioning, for aircraft engines;

Platinum and its alloys are also used in the manufacture of surgical instruments (in particular, needles of injection syringes), in some types of gas lighters and in many other devices such as measurement standards, sight lines for optical devices, etc. (B) Palladium is a silvery-white metal, soft, very malleable and has high resistance to tarnishment and corrosion. It dissolves in king vodka and nitric acid and is corroded by hot sulfuric acid. It can be produced in the form of rods, sheets, strips, tubes, wire and other semi-processed forms by forging, rolling or dragging. It is mainly used for the production of ale-ctric contacts, in soldering of alloys, in hydrogen purification equipment, as a catalyst in the hydrogenation process, in the manufacture of jewelry and as an intermediate contact layer to facilitate the application of precious metal coatings on plastic products. (B) Rhodium is a silvery white, hard but malleable metal. It is characterized by high reflectivity and has the greatest heat and electrical conductivity among all metals of the platinum group. It is resistant to corrosion in almost all aqueous solutions, including mineral acids, even at high temperatures. It can be produced in the form of rods, sheets, strips, wires and other semi-processed forms by forging, rolling or dragging. It is used mainly as an alloying additive in platinum alloys and in this form is used for various purposes in the electrical and glass industries. Due to its low electrical resistance and high resistance to oxidation, rhodium is used in the form of an electrolytic coating, for electrical contacts and contact surfaces where wear resistance is of particular importance (for example, in contact rings). It is also used as a catalyst and for galvanic coating of silver or silvered knife products and deep utensils to prevent them from tarnishing. (D) Iridium is a grayish-white solid metal resistant to acids, including king vodka, at normal and high temperatures. It can be produced in the form of a thin strip or wire by rolling or drawing. Iridium is used as a component of alloys used for thermocouples, crucibles or electrodes for spark plugs in aircraft engines. (D) Osmium is the refractory of the metals included in this heading. In a compact state, it has a bluish-white color, resembling the color of zinc, and is resistant to acids. If finely ground, it is an amorphous black powder that is corroded by nitric acid oy and king vodka and slowly oxidized in air. This metal is mainly used in various hard corrosion resistant alloys used for nozzles on the tips of pens or pointed axles in various devices. It is also used as a catalyst. Ruthenium is a fragile, hard, gray metal. It has high corrosion resistance, is not corroded by royal vodka, but slowly corrodes in solutions of sodium hypochlorite. In a small amount it can be obtained in the form of sheets, strips and wires.

It is used as an alloying additive to platinum, palladium, molybdenum, tungsram, etc. (for example, in the production of nozzles on the tips of pens and pointed ends of the axes of compasses). It is also used as an electrolytic coating for electrical contacts and contact surfaces, where wear resistance is of particular importance. In accordance with note 5 to this chapter (see the general provisions of this chapter), alloys of platinum with other metals (gold, silver or base metals) in this heading include: (1) Alloys of platinum - rhodium - wire for thermocouples; oven spirals; components for the glass industry; catalysts in the form of a grid; spinning machines. (2) Platinum-iridium alloys – electrical contacts; jewelry; injection needles for syringes. (3) Platinum-Ruthenium alloys are electrical contacts. (4) Platinum-copper alloys (copper maximum 5%) are jewelry. (5) Platinum-tungsten alloys – wire for electron lamp electrodes; wire for spark ignition systems. (6) Platinum-cobalt alloys are permanent magnets. (7) Palladium-Ruthenium alloys are jewelry. (8) Alloys of palladium - silver - solders; diffusion membranes for hydrogen; electrical contacts. (9) Alloys of palladium-copper - electrical contacts; solders. (10) Alloys palladium-aluminum - wire for fuses. (11) Rhodium-iridium alloys are thermocouples. (12) Alloys of iridium osmium are pens. (13) Iridium-tungsten alloys are high-temperature springs. (14) Alloys of gold-platinum - profilers of spinning and molding machines. (15) Alloys gold-silver-palladium-copper - jewelry; electric spring contacts. (16) Alloys silver-copper-palladium - solders. (17) Osmyrid (osmic iridium) - a native alloy containing osmium, iridium, ruthenium and platinum; is the main source of osmium.

Notes

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. Subject to the provisions of Note 1(A) to Section VI and the following exceptions, this Chapter includes all articles consisting wholly or partly of:

(a) natural or cultivated pearls or precious or semi-precious stones (natural, artificial or reconstructed); or

(b) from precious metals or metals clad with precious metals.

2. (A) Headings 7113, 7114 and 7115 do not include articles in which the precious metal or metal clad with the precious metal is present only as minor components, such as fine fittings or minor finishes (e.g. monograms, rims and edgings), and the provisions of point (b) of note 1 do not apply to these articles.

(B) Heading 7116 does not include articles containing precious metals or metals clad in precious metals (other than small constituent parts).

3. This group does not include:

(a) amalgams of precious metals or precious metals in the colloidal state (heading 2843);

(b) sterile surgical suture materials, dental filling materials or other products of Chapter 30;

(c) goods of Chapter 32 (e.g. glossy);

(d) catalysts on carriers (heading 3815);

(e) articles of heading 4202 or 4203 (see note 3(B) to chapter 42);

(f) articles of heading 4303 or 4304;

(g) goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles);

(h) footwear, headgear or other articles of Chapter 64 or 65;

(ij) umbrellas, canes or other articles of Chapter 66;

(k) abrasive materials of heading 6804 or 6805 or of Chapter 82 containing a crumb or powder of precious or semi-precious stones (natural or artificial); articles of Chapter 82 with a working part of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, artificial or reconstructed); machinery, equipment, machinery, electrical goods, or parts thereof, of Section XVI. However, articles and parts thereof consisting wholly of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, artificial or reconstructed) are classified in this Chapter, with the exception of unfixed processed sapphires and diamonds for pickup needles (heading 8522);

(l) Articles of Chapter 90, 91 or 92 (scientific instruments, clocks of all kinds, musical instruments);

(m) weapons or parts thereof (Chapter 93);

(n) articles referred to in Note 2 to Chapter 95;

(o) articles of Chapter 96, in accordance with Note 4 to Chapter 96; or

(p) original sculptures or figurines (heading 9703), collectibles (heading 9705) or antiques more than one hundred years old (heading 9706), other than natural or cultivated pearls or precious or semi-precious stones.

4. (A) The term “precious metal” means silver, gold and platinum.

(B) The term platinum means platinum, iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodium, and ruthenium.

(C) The term “precious or semi-precious stones” does not apply to the materials referred to in Note 2(b) to Chapter 96.

5. In this chapter, any alloy (including an agglomerated mixture and an intermetallic compound) containing a precious metal shall be considered a precious metal alloy if its share in the alloy is not less than 2% by weight. Alloys of precious metals should be classified according to the following rules:

(a) an alloy containing 2% or more platinum by weight, as a platinum alloy;

(b) an alloy containing 2 wt.% or more of gold but without platinum, or containing less than 2 wt.%, as an alloy of gold;

(c) other alloys containing 2 % or more by weight of silver, as silver alloys.

6. Unless otherwise specified in the context, any reference in the Nomenclature to precious metals or to any particular precious metal shall include a reference to alloys of precious metals or a particular metal in accordance with the rules set out in Note 5 above. However, this does not apply to metals clad with precious metals, base metals or non-metals coated with precious metals by a galvanic method.

7. Throughout the Nomenclature, the term “precious metal clad metal” means a material made from a metal, on one or more surfaces of which a coating of precious metal is coated by soldering, welding, hot rolling or similar mechanical means. Unless otherwise specified in the context, the term also means a base metal inlaid with a precious metal.

8. Subject to the provisions of Note 1(A) to Section VI, goods corresponding to the description of heading 7112 shall be classified in that heading and in no other heading of the Nomenclature.

9. For the purposes of heading 7113, the term “jewelry” means:

(a) any small items of personal adornment (e.g. rings, bracelets, necklaces, brooches, earrings, watch chains, key chains, pendants, tie pins, cufflinks, religious or other medals and signs); and

(b) articles for personal use, usually carried in pockets, handbags, men's or on the body (e.g. cigarette case, snuffboxes, pill boxes, powder boxes, purses with a chain or rosary).

These articles may be combined with or decorated with, for example, natural or cultivated pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, artificial or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, turtle shell products, mother-of-pearl, ivory, natural or reconstructed amber, gagat or coral.

10. For the purposes of heading 7114, the term “works of gold or silver craftsmen” means ornaments, utensils, toiletries, smoking utensils and other articles for the household, institutions or religious purposes.

11. For the purpose of heading 7117, the term “jewelry” means jewellery as defined above in note 9 (a) to this chapter (other than buttons or other articles of heading 9606 or ridges, hairpins and hairpins of heading 9615), without natural or cultivated pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, artificial or reconstructed), without precious metals or metals clad with precious metals (not counting galvanic coatings or minor parts of precious metals or metals or precious metals).

Subheading notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

1. For the purposes of subheadings 7106 10, 7108 11, 7110 11, 7110 21, 7110 31 and 7110 41, the expressions ‘powder’ and ‘in powder form’ mean products of which 90 % or more by weight passes through a sieve having a mesh aperture of 0,5 mm.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter note 4(B), for the purposes of subheadings 7110 11 and 7110 19, the expression ‘platinum’ does not include iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodium or ruthenium.

3. For the classification of alloys in the subheadings of heading 7110, each alloy is to be classified with that metal, platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium or ruthenium which predominates by weight over each other of these metals.

Additional note of the Eurasian Economic Union

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. For the purposes of subheadings 7106 91 000 1, 7108 12 000 1, 7108 20 000 1, 7110 11 000 1, 7110 21 000 1 the term “ingot” means a metal article cast in the form of a truncated pyramid, a truncated cone, a prism (square, rectangular or polygonal cross-section) or a cylinder not otherwise treated.