7412 — Copper tube or pipe fittings "e.g., couplings, elbows, sleeves"
Copper tube or pipe fittings "e.g., couplings, elbows, sleeves"
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Where it sits in the nomenclature
Section XV. Base metals and articles of base metal
- 74Copper and articles thereof
- 7412you are here
Explanatory notes to heading 7412 2 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.
7412 Copper tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, flanges): 7412 10 – of refined copper 7412 20 – of copper alloys
The Explanatory Note to heading 7307 applies, mutatis mutandis, to this heading. The heading excludes: (a) Bolts and nuts used for assembling or fixing tubes or pipes (heading 7415). (b) Fittings with taps, cocks, valves, etc. (heading 8481).
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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