Chapter 76 Aluminium and articles thereof
Note.
1.- In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby
assigned to them :
(a)
Bars and rods
Rolled, extruded,
drawn or forged products, not in coils, which have a uniform solid
cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals,
rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex
polygons (including" flattened circles " and " modified
rectangles ", of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two
sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a
rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-sectlon may have
corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which
have a rectangular (including " modified rectangular ') cross-section
exceeds one-tenth of the width. The expression also covers cast or sintered
products, of the same forms and dimensions, which have been subsequently worked
after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or descaling), provided
that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of
other headings.
(b)
Profiles
Rolled, extruded, drawn,
forged or formed products, coiled or not, of a uniform cross-section along
their whole length, which do not conform to any of the definitions of bars,
rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil, tubes or pipes. The expression also
covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms, which have been
subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or
de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of
articles or products of other headings.
(c) Wire
Rolled, extruded or drawn products, in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including " flattened circles " and " modified rectangles ", of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including " modified rectangular ") cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width.
(d)
Plates, sheets,
strip and foil
Flat-surfaced products (other than the unwrought products of heading No.
76.01), coiled or not, of solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section
with or without rounded corners (including " modified rectangles " of
which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight,
of equal length and parallel) of a uniform thickness, which are :
-of rectangular (including square) shape with a thickness not exceeding
one-tenth of the width,
-of a shape other than
rectangular or square, of any size, provided that they do not assume the
character of articles or products of other headings.
Headings Nos. 76.06 and 76.07 apply, inter alia, to
plates, sheets, strip and foil with patterns (for example, grooves, ribs,
chequers, tears, buttons, lozenges) and to such products which have been
perforated, corrugated, polished or coated, provided that they do not thereby
assume the character of articles or products of other headings.
(e)
Tubes and pipes
Hollow products, coiled or
not, which have a uniform cross-section with only one enclosed void along their
whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares),
equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons, and which have a uniform wall
thickness. Products with a rectangular (mcluding square), equilateral
triangular or regular convex polygonal cross-section, which may have corners
rounded along their whole length, are also to be considered as tubes and pipes
provided the inner and outer cross-sections are concentric and have the same
form and orientation. Tubes and pipes of the foregoing cross-sections may be
polished, coated, bent, threaded, drilled, waisted, expanded, cone-shaped or
fitted with flanges, collars or rings.
Subheading Notes.
1- In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
(a) Aluminium, not alloyed
Metal containing by weight at least 99% of aluminium, provided that the content by weight of any other element does not exceed the limit specified in the following table:
|
Element |
Limting content % by weight |
|
Fe+Si(iron plus silicon) Other elemetns1, each |
1 0.12 |
|
1. Other elemets are, for example Cr, Cu, Mg, Mn, Ni, Zn 2. Copper is permitted in a proportion greater than 0.1% but not more than 0.2 %, provided that neither the chromium nor manganese content exceeds 0.05% |
|
(b) Aluminum
alloys
Metallic substances in which aluminium predominates by weight over each of the other elements, provided that:
(i) The content by weight of at least one of the other elements or of iron plus silicon taken together is greater than the limit specified in the foregoing table; or
(ii) The total content by weight of such other elements exceeds 1%
2- Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter Note 1(c), for the purposes of subheading No. 7616.91 the term “wire” applies only to products, whether or not in coils, of any cross-sectional shape, of which no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm.
The exportation of the goods covered by this chapter is subject to the approval of the Ministry of Commerce.