7208 51 20 — Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of >= 600 mm, not in coils, simply hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, of a thickness of > 15 mm, without patterns in relief

7208 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 60 0 mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated (+): 7208 10 – In coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, with patterns in relief – Other, in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, pickled: 7208 25 – – Of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more 7208 26 – – Of a thickness of 3 mm or more but less than 4.75 mm 7208 27 – – Of a thickness of less than 3 mm – Other, in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled: 7208 36 – – Of a thickness exceeding 10 mm 7208 37 – – Of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more but not exceeding 10 mm 7208 38 – – Of a thickness of 3 mm or more but less than 4.75 mm 7208 39 – – Of a thickness of less than 3 mm 7208 40 – Not in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, with patterns in relief – Other, not in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled: 7208 51 – – Of a thickness exceeding 10 mm 7208 52 – – Of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more but not exceeding 10 mm 7208 53 – – Of a thickness of 3 mm or more but less than 4.75 mm 7208 54 – – Of a thickness of less than 3 mm 7208 90 – Other

The definition of flat rolled is given in note 1 (k) to this chapter.

The articles of this heading may be subjected to the following surface treatment: (1) Removal of scale, etching, shabreniya and other processes to remove scale and crust formed in the process of heating the metal. (2) Applying a coarse coating designed solely to protect the products from rust or other oxidation, to prevent slipping during transport and to treat them, for example, applying paint coatings containing active anti-corrosion pigment, such as lead mead, zinc dust, zinc oxide, zinc chromate, iron oxide (iron mead, crocus), and applying unpigmented coatings based on oils, fat, wax, paraffin, graphite, tar or bitum. (3) Polling, grinding or similar processing. (4) Artificial oxidation (through various chemical processes, such as immersion in an oxidative solution), patination, ronenium (black annealing), bronze (by various methods), which also form an oxide film on the surface of the product, which improves its appearance. These operations increase the corrosion resistance of the product. (5) Chemical surface treatment, for example: – phosphation, which consists in immersing the product in a solution of phosphates of metals, in particular manganese, iron and zinc; this process is known as phosphation or bonding depending on the duration of the operation and the temperature of the bath; – oxalation, boroning, etc., in which methods similar to those used for phosphating, using appropriate salts or acids; – chromatization, which consists in immerging the product in a solution, the main components of which chromic acid or chromate. The advantages of these chemical surface treatment methods include that they protect the surface of the metal, facilitate the subsequent cold deformation of the processed products and the use of paints or other non-metallic protective coatings. The flat roll of this heading may have a relief pattern on the surface obtained directly as a result of rolling, for example, furrows, protrusions, cages, slots, ribs, diamonds, or such shapes may be made after rolling (for example, perforation, corrugation, removal of chamfer or rounding at the edges), provided that as a result of these operations the rental does not acquire the distinguishing features of the products included in other headings. However, this heading does not include flat-rolled, clad, electroplated or otherwise coated with metal or coated with non-metallic materials such as paints, enamel or plastics (heading 7210). This heading also excludes flat-rolled constructions which are clad in precious metals (Chapter 71). “corrugated sheet” means articles having the correct wavy shape of a curve (e.g. sine wave) line. For classification purposes, the width of the corrugated side shall be taken as

effective width in corrugated form. However, this heading does not cover so-called ribbed articles having an angular profile (e.g. square, triangular or trapezoidal) (usually heading 7216). This heading covers flat rolled products of any size other than rectangular or square, provided that these products do not acquire the distinguishing features of the articles or products of other headings. This heading covers, inter alia, “broadband rolls”, “sheets” and “stoves”. In addition, this heading also includes certain articles referred to as “wideband rolled steel” (known in some parts of the world as “universal broadband steel”). For the purposes of this heading, “wideband rolled” means products of rectangular (other than square) cross-section, not in rolls, which have been hot rolled over four faces in a closed caliber or on a universal mill, not less than 4 mm thick and 600 mm wide or more, but not more than 1250 mm wide. Thus, “broadband rolled” has more direct, more precisely finished sides and sharper edges than “broadband rolled lon”, “thin rolled” or “thick rolled”. It is never subjected to secondary rolling, but is directly used in steel structures, etc. without further machining of the edges. “Broadband roll”, “thick roll” and “ncolist rolled” are produced by hot rolling of ingots, slabs and cobbles, after which they are sometimes transverse or longitudinal cutting. “Broadband roll” can be distinguished from “thin-rolled” and “thick-rolled”, since “thick-rolled” and “thin-rolled” are produced in a flat form, while “broad-band roll” is supplied wound into rolls consisting of layers with almost flat sides. Hot-rolled "broadband rolls" are used either directly in the same way as "thin-rolled" and "thick-rolled" or are processed into other products such as "sheets" and "slabs", welded pipes, bent shaped and special profiles. "Tonkolist rolled" and "thick-rolled" are used in shipbuilding, car building, production of tanks, steam boilers, bridges and other structures where high strength is required. Some "sheets" and "slabs" may have dimensions similar to those of slabs and cloths. However, they can be distinguished from slabs and clumps because: (1) they are most often transversely rolled (longitudinal and transverse direction), and sometimes obliquely rolled, and slabs and coils are only rough rolled in the longitudinal direction (on a slab or clamping mill); (2) their edges are usually trimmed with scissors or a gas cutter and have traces of scisssors or flames, while slabs and coils have rounded edges; (3) thickness tolerances and surface defects are equally rigid and lacking.

This heading excludes: (a) expanded metal of iron or steel (heading 7314); (b) blanks for articles of Chapter 82. Subheading Explanatory Notes. Subheadings 7208 10, 7208 25, 7208 26, 7208 27, 7208 36, 7208 37, 7208 38, 7208 39, 7208 40, 7208 51, 7208 52, 7208 53 and 7208 54 In addition to hot-rolling, the products of these subheadings may have been subjected to the following finishing or surface treatments: (1) Hot straightening. (2) Annealing, hardening, tempering, case-hardening, nitriding and other similar heat treatments to improve the properties of the metal. (3) Unless the context otherwise requires, the surface treatments described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Explanatory Note to heading 7208. Descaling is achieved: (a) by acid pickling or reduction (chemical or thermal processes), whether or not combined with treatment with milk of lime (liming); (b) mechanically (scalping, rough polishing, rough grinding, sand-blasting, etc.). Products which have been descaled mechanically can usually be identified by the following characteristics: (i) scalped steel has a bright surface with coarse continuous parallel striations which are clearly visible to the naked eye and can be felt by touch; (ii) rough-ground and sand-blasted surfaces are usually uneven, with a matt finish. The marks left by the grinding tool are clearly visible. On the other hand, fine grinding gives a perfectly smooth, bright surface, which may even be mirror-like. The marks left by the working tool are often practically invisible. (4) Skin-passing, as described in paragraph (IV) (B) of the General Explanatory Note to this Chapter. (5) Stamping, punching, printing, etc., of simple inscriptions such as trade marks. (6) Cutting into rectangular (including square) shapes. (7) Operations solely for the purpose of detecting flaws in the metal.

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. In this chapter, and in the case of Notes 1(d), 1(e) and 1(f), throughout the Nomenclature, the following terms mean:

(a) “dividing cast iron” means an alloy of iron with carbon, unfit for forging, containing more than 2 % by weight of carbon and which may contain one or more other elements within the following limits:

- chromium not more than 10% by weight,

- manganese not more than 6 wt.%,

- phosphorus not more than 3 wt.%,

silicon not more than 8 wt.%,

other elements as a whole not more than 10 wt.%;

(b) “mirror cast iron” means an alloy of iron and carbon containing more than 6 % by weight but not more than 30 % by weight of manganese and, for other components, meeting the conditions specified above in point (a) of this note;

(c) "ferroalloys" means alloys in the form of chunks, dugs, chunks or other primary forms obtained by continuous casting, as well as in the form of granules or powders, agglomerated or non-agglomerated, usually used as additives in the manufacture of other alloys or as deoxidants, desulphurators or other similar purposes in ferrous metallurgy and usually unsuitable for forging, containing 4 wt.% or more iron and one or more of the following elements:

- chromium more than 10% by weight,

- manganese more than 30% by weight,

- phosphorus more than 3 wt.%,

silicon more than 8 wt.%,

other elements in the amount of more than 10 wt.%, excluding carbon, provided the copper content does not exceed 10 wt.%;

(d) "steel" means iron-based alloys other than those referred to in heading 7203 which (except for certain types of castings) are malleable and contain 2 % or less carbon by weight. Chromium steels, however, may contain a higher percentage of carbon.

(e) “corrosion-resistant steel” means alloy steel containing 1.2 % or less carbon by weight and 10.5 % or more chromium by weight, with or without other elements;

(f) "other types of alloy steels" means steels which do not fall within the definition of corrosion-resistant steel and contain one or more of the following elements in the following ratios:

aluminium 0.3 wt.% or more,

boron 0.0008 wt.% or more,

chromium 0.3 wt % or more,

cobalt of 0.3 wt.% or more,

- copper 0.4 wt % or more,

lead of 0.4 wt % or more,

Manganese 1.65 wt.% or more,

molybdenum 0.08 wt.% or more,

nickel 0.3 wt % or more,

niobium 0.06 wt.% or more,

silicon 0.6 wt.% or more,

titanium 0.05 wt.% or more,

tungsten 0.3 wt.% or more,

vanadium 0.1 wt.% or more,

zirconia 0.05 wt.% or more,

other elements (other than sulfur, phosphorus, carbon and nitrogen), taken separately, 0.1 wt.% or more;

(g) “ferrous metal ingots for remelting (shield ingots)” – articles roughly cast in the form of ingots without foundry profit or casts or in the form of shells, having obvious surface defects and differing in chemical composition from the converted cast iron, mirror cast iron or ferroalloys;

(h) “pellets” means articles less than 90 % by weight of which are sieved through a sieve of 1 mm cell size and 90 % by weight of which are sieved through a sieve of 5 mm cell size;

(ij) “Semi-finished products” means articles of continuous cross-section obtained from continuous casting, not subjected to or subjected to primary hot rolling; and other articles of continuous cross-section which have not been treated other than primary hot rolling or rough forging, including blanks for corners, shaped or special profiles.

These products are not supplied in rolls;

(k) “flat rolled” means rolled products of a continuous rectangular (other than square) section which do not fall within the definition of (ij) above and are manufactured as follows:

rolls with consecutively wound layers, or

sheets which, with a thickness of less than 4.75 mm, have a width of at least 10 times the thickness and, with a thickness of 4.75 mm or more, have a width exceeding 150 mm and at least two thicknesses.

Flat-rolled products include articles with a relief surface obtained as a result of rolling (for example, having furrows, protrusions, cages, diamonds) or articles perforated, corrugated or polished, provided that they have not acquired the properties of articles included in other headings.

A flat rolled product of any size other than rectangular or square shall be classified as a product of a width of 600 mm or more, provided that it does not have the characteristics of products of other headings;

(l) “hot rolled rods in free coves” means hot rolled products in freely coiled coves having a continuous cross section in the form of circles, circular segments, ovals, rectangles (including squares), triangles or other convex polygons (including “flattened circles” and “altered rectangles”, in which the two opposite sides are convex arcs, and the other two sides are straight, equal in length and parallel). These products may have notches, protrusions, grooves or other deformations obtained during rolling (rebars);

(m) “Other bars” means articles which do not fall within any of the above definitions in (ij), (k) or (l) or the definition of wires having the same continuous cross-section along the entire length in the form of circles, circular segments, ovals, rectangles (including squares), triangles or other convex polygons (including “flattened circles” and “altered rectangles”, in which two opposite sides are convexed arcs, and two equal sides – arcs).

These articles may:

have notches, protrusions, furrows or other deformations obtained during rolling (rebars);

- to be twisted after rolling;

(n) "corners, shaped and special profiles" means articles having the same continuous cross-section along the entire length, which do not fall under any of the definitions in (ij), (k), (l) or (m) or the definition of wire.

This Chapter does not include articles of heading 7301 or 7302.

(o) “wire” means cold-deformed articles in bays having any continuous cross-section of the same length and not falling within the definition of flat-rolled;

(p) "hollow rods for drilling" means hollow rods of any cross-section suitable for drilling, the maximum outer cross-sectional size of which is more than 15 mm, but not more than 52 mm, and the maximum internal size does not exceed 1/2 of the maximum external size. Hollow bars of ferrous metals not complying with this definition are classified in heading 7304.

2. Ferrous metals clad with another ferrous metal are classified as articles of that ferrous metal whose mass prevails.

3. Ferrous metal articles produced by electrolytic deposition, injection molding or sintering shall be classified according to their shape, composition and appearance in the headings of this Chapter for similar hot-rolled articles.

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. In this chapter, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:

(a) Alloy pig iron Pig iron containing, by weight, one or more of the following elements in the specified proportions: — more than 0,2 % of chromium, — more than 0,3 % of copper, — more than 0,3 % of nickel, — more than 0,1 % of any of the following elements: aluminium, molybdenum, titanium, tungsten (wolfram), vanadium.

(b) Non-alloy free-cutting steel Non-alloy steel containing, by weight, one or more of the following elements in the specified proportions: — 0,08 % or more of sulphur, — 0,1 % or more of lead, — more than 0,05 % of selenium, — more than 0,01 % of tellurium, — more than 0,05 % of bismuth.

(c) Silicon-electrical steel Alloy steels containing by weight at least 0,6 % but not more than 6 % of silicon and not more than 0,08 % of carbon. They may also contain by weight not more than 1 % of aluminium but no other element in a proportion that would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel.

(d) High-speed steel Alloy steels containing, with or without other elements, at least two of the three elements molybdenum, tungsten and vanadium with a combined content by weight of 7 % or more, 0,6 % or more of carbon and 3 to 6 % of chromium.

(e) Silico-manganese steel Alloy steels containing by weight: — not more than 0,7 % of carbon, — 0,5 % or more but not more than 1,9 % of manganese, and — 0,6 % or more but not more than 2,3 % of silicon, but no other element in a proportion that would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel.

2. For the classification of ferro-alloys in the subheadings of heading 7202, the following rule should be observed: A ferro-alloy is considered as binary and classified under the relevant subheading (if it exists) if only one of the alloy elements exceeds the minimum percentage laid down in note 1(c) to this chapter; by analogy, it is considered respectively as ternary or quaternary if two or three alloy elements exceed the minimum percentage. For the application of this rule, the unspecified ‘other elements’ referred to in note 1(c) to this chapter must each exceed 10 % by weight.

Additional note

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. The following terms mean:

- "Electrical steel" (subheadings 7209 16 100 0, 7209 17 100 0, 7209 18 100 0, 7209 26 100 0, 7209 27 100 0, 7209 28 100 0 and 7211 23 200 0) - flat rolled, which at alternating current with a frequency of 50 Hz and a magnetic flux of 1 T has a loss of power per kilogram of mass calculated by the Epstein method:

2.1 W or less if its thickness is less than 0.20 mm,

3.6 W or less if its thickness is not less than 0.20 mm but less than 0.60 mm,

6 W or less if its thickness is not less than 0.60 mm but not more than 1.50 mm;

– “white tin” (subheadings 7210 12 200 0, 7210 70 100 0, 7212 10 100 0 and 7212 40 200 0) – flat rolled (less than 0.5 mm thick) covered with a metal layer containing tin 97 % or more by weight;

– «инструментальная сталь» (подсубпозиции 7224 10 100 0, 7224 90 020 0, 7225 30 100 0, 7225 40 120, 7226 91 200 0, 7228 30 200 0, 7228 40 100 0, 7228 50 200 0 и 7228 60 200 0) – легированные стали, отличные от коррозионностойкой или быстрорежущей стали, содержащие одну из следующих композиций с другими элементами или без них:

less than 0.6 wt % of carbon and 0.7 wt % or more of silicon and 0.05 wt % or more of vanadium or 4 wt % or more of tungsten,

0.8 wt.% or more of carbon and 0.05 wt.% or more of vanadium,

more than 1.2 wt.% of carbon and not less than 11 wt.%, but not more than 15 wt.% of chromium,

0.16 wt.% or more, but not more than 0.5 wt.% of carbon and 3.8 wt.% or more, but not more than 4.3 wt.% of nickel and 1.1 wt.% or more, but not more than 1.5 wt.% of chromium and 0.15 wt.% or more, but not more than 0.5 wt.% of molybdenum,

0.3 wt.% or more, but not more than 0.5 wt.% of carbon and 1.4 wt.% or more, but not more than 2.1 wt.% of chromium and 0.15 wt.% or more, but not more than 0.5 wt.% of molybdenum and less than 1.2 wt.% of nickel,

0.3 wt.% or more of carbon and less than 5.2 wt.% of chromium and 0.65 wt.% or more of molybdenum or 0.4 wt.% or more of tungsten,

0.5 wt.% or more but not more than 0.6 wt.% of carbon and 1.25 wt.% or more, but not more than 1.8 wt.% of nickel and 0.5 wt.% or more, but not more than 1.2 wt.% of chromium and 0.15 wt.% or more, but not more than 0.5 wt.% of molybdenum.