7403 13 — Copper, refined, in the form of billets
Copper, refined, in the form of billets
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Section XV. Base metals and articles of base metal
Explanatory notes to heading 7403 3 paragraphs
Machine translation from Russian. The original is the EEC explanatory note, and that is what a classification dispute is argued from; the translation is for understanding and has no legal force.
7403 Refined copper and raw copper alloys: - Refined copper: 7403 11 - - cathodes and cathode sections 7403 12 - blanks for the manufacture of wire 7403 13 - blanks for rolling 7403 19 - other copper alloys: 7403 21 - alloys based on copper and zinc (brass) 7403 22 - alloys based on copper and tin (bronze) 7403 29 - other copper alloys (except ligature of heading 7405)
This heading covers unwrought refined copper and alloys of copper, as defined in Notes 1 (a) and 1 (b) to this Chapter, respectively. Refined copper containing not less than 99.85 % by weight of copper is obtained by electrolytic refining, electrolysis, chemical refining or fire refining. Other refined copper (containing not less than 97.5 % by weight of copper) is usually obtained by alloying the above-mentioned refined copper
with one or more other elements up to the maximum limits shown in the table in Note 1 (a) to this Chapter. Refined copper is cast into ingots or pigs for remelting (e.g., for alloying) or into wire-bars for the manufacture of wire, into slabs for rolling, into billets (including those of circular cross-section) and similar forms for rolling, extrusion, drawing or forging into plates, sheets, strip, wire, tubes and other articles. Electrolytically refined copper is sometimes in the form of cathodes consisting of plates or sheets with two lugs, or loops, by which the original starting sheets were suspended in the electrolytic bath, or cut into sections. Refined copper may also be in the form of spherical particles, used mainly for alloying and sometimes for grinding into powder. However, copper powders and flakes fall in heading 7406. This heading covers cast and sintered slabs, bars, rods and ingots, etc., provided that after production they have not been subjected to any working other than simple trimming or scalping (to remove the surface layer containing a high proportion of copper oxides), or to cropping, chipping, fettling, etc., to remove the hard skin or other casting defects, or to surface working on one side for inspection (quality control). Sintered products are obtained from copper powder or copper alloy powder, or from copper powder mixed with powders of other metals, by pressing (compaction) and sintering (heating to a temperature below the melting point of these metals). In the sintered state the products are porous, of low strength, and are usually rolled, extruded, forged, etc., to obtain the necessary density. These rolled, etc., products are excluded from this heading (e.g., headings 7407, 7409). This heading also covers wire-bars and billets with tapered ends or otherwise worked to facilitate their entry into machines for converting them into, for example, wire rod or tubes. Subject to the above-mentioned conditions concerning working after production, the cast bars or rods of this heading may include, inter alia: (1) Products cast in special moulds (so-called "chill casting") having a round, square or hexagonal cross-section and usually not exceeding 1 m in length. (2) Elongated products obtained by a continuous casting process in which the molten metal is fed continuously into a water-cooled mould where it solidifies rapidly. Both types of products, "chill-cast" and continuously cast bars, are often used for the same purposes – for rolling, drawing or extrusion into rods.
Official text adopted by a Recommendation of the EEC Board
Notes to chapter 74 — Copper and articles thereof 14 items
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 terms used in this chapter mean:
(a) “refined copper” means a metal containing not less than 99.85 % by weight of copper or a metal containing not less than 97.5 % by weight of copper, provided that the content by weight of each other element does not exceed the limits specified in the following table:
Other elements
Element
Maximum content, wt.%
Ag
silver
0.25
As
arsenic
0.5
Cd
cadmium
1.3
Cr
chromium
1.4
Mg
magnesium
0.8
Pb
lead
1.5
S
sulfur
0.7
Sn
tin
0.8
Te
tellurium
0.8
Zn
zinc
1.0
Zr
zirconium
0.3
Other elements* (each of them)
0.3
* Other elements include, for example, Al, Be, Co, Fe, Mn, Ni, Si
(b) "copper alloys" means metal alloys, other than unrefined copper, in which copper is greater in mass than any other element, provided that:
(i) the mass content of at least one of the other elements exceeds the limit indicated in the above table; or
(ii) the total content of other elements exceeds 2.5 % by weight.
(c) "ligatures" means alloys containing, among other elements, more than 10 % by weight of copper, not suitable for deformation in the cold state and used mainly as additives in the manufacture of other alloys or as oxidants, desulphurators or for other similar purposes in non-ferrous metallurgy. However, copper phosphide (copper phosphorus) containing more than 15 % by weight of phosphorus is classified in heading 2853.
Subheading 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. The terms used in this group have the following meanings:
(a) “copper and zinc (brass)-based alloys” means alloys of copper and zinc, whether or not containing other elements. If other elements are present, then:
zinc by weight must exceed each of these other elements.
- in the presence of nickel, its content should not exceed 5 wt.% (see copper-nickel-zinc alloys (neusilbers)); and
- in the presence of tin, its content should not exceed 3 wt.% (see copper-tin alloys (bronzes)).
(b) “alloys based on copper and tin (bronze)” means alloys of copper and tin containing or not containing other elements. In the presence of other elements, the tin content by weight exceeds the content by weight of each of these elements, except when the content of tin 3 wt.% or more zinc content by weight may exceed the content by weight of tin, but it should be less than 10 wt.%.
(c) "alloys based on copper, nickel and zinc (neusilbers)" means alloys of copper, nickel and zinc, whether or not containing other elements. The nickel content is 5 wt.% or more (see copper-zinc alloys (brass)).
(d) “copper and nickel-based alloys” means alloys of copper and nickel containing or not containing other elements, but in any case with a content not exceeding 1% by weight of zinc. In the presence of other elements, the nickel content by weight exceeds the content by weight of each of these elements.
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