7308 20 000 0 — Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 9406) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel: towers and lattice masts

7308 Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 9406) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, building trusses, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, tubes and the like, of iron or steel, prepared for use in structures (+): 7308 10 – bridges and bridge-sections 7308 20 – towers and lattice masts 7308 30 – doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors 7308 40 – equipment for metal scaffolding, shuttering, retaining walls or pit-propping

7308 90 – other This heading covers assembled or unassembled metal structures, as well as parts thereof. For the purposes of this heading, these structures are characterised by the fact that once they are put in position, they generally remain in that position. They are usually made up from rectangular and round bars, rods, tubes, angles, shapes, sheets and plates, hoop, strip, forgings or castings, by riveting, bolting, welding, etc. Such structures sometimes incorporate products of other headings, such as wire mesh or expanded metal sheets of heading 7314. Parts of structures include clamps and other devices specially designed for assembling metal structural elements of round cross-section (tubular or other). These devices usually have protuberances with tapped holes into which, at the time of assembly, screws are inserted to fix the clamps to the tubes. Apart from the structures and parts of structures mentioned in the heading, the heading also covers such articles as: pit head frames and superstructures; adjustable or telescopic props, tubular props, extensible coffering beams, tubular scaffolding and similar equipment; sluice gates, piers, breakwaters and moles; lighthouse superstructures; masts, gangways, rails, bulkheads, etc., for ships; balconies and verandahs; shutters, gates, sliding doors; assembled railings or balustrade fencing; level-crossing gates and similar barriers; frameworks for greenhouses and hot-frames; large-scale shelving for assembly and permanent installation in shops, workshops, storehouses, etc.; counters and stands; certain protective crash barriers for motorways, made of sheet metal, angles or shapes. The heading also covers such parts as flat-rolled products, "wide flats", including so-called universal plates, strip, angles, rods, shapes and tubes, which have been subjected to preparatory operations (e.g., drilled, bent or notched) for use in structures. In addition, the heading covers products consisting of individual rolled bars twisted together, which are also used for reinforcing or prestressing concrete. The heading excludes: (a) Assembled sheet piling (heading 7301). (b) Coffering panels for concrete work, having the character of moulds (heading 8480). (c) Structures clearly identifiable as parts of machinery (Section XVI). (d) Structures of Section XVII, such as railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and mechanical signalling equipment of heading 8608; chassis frames of railway rolling-stock, etc., or of vehicles (Chapter 86 or 87) and floating structures of Chapter 89. (e) Mobile shelving (heading 9403).

Explanation of the subheading. Subheading 7308 30 This subheading also covers steel doors for all types of dwellings.

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 expression ‘cast iron’ applies to products obtained by casting in which iron predominates by weight over each of the other elements and which do not comply with the chemical composition of steel as defined in note 1(d) to Chapter 72.

2. In this chapter, the word ‘wire’ means hot- or cold-formed products of any cross-sectional shape, of which no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 16 mm.

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. Drilling pipes are used for descent into a borehole and lifting a rock-destroying tool, transferring rotation, creating an axial load on the tool, supplying a washing fluid or compressed air to the bottom. There are ordinary, weighted and leading drill pipes.

Ordinary drill pipes (heading 7304) - usually one-piece round cross-section, are connected by means of drill locks or semi-locks with special large conical threads.

Weighted drill pipes (heading 8431) are usually round or square cross-sections with an increased wall thickness; they are also connected by thread and serve to increase the stiffness of the lower part of the column and to place a load on the rock-destroying tool.

Leading drill pipes (heading 8431) - multifaceted cross-section, are placed at the top of the column of drill pipes and transmit it rotation from the rotator of the drilling rig.