Sección: XV BASE METALS AND ARTICLES OF BASE METAL
Capítulo: 83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal
Chapter 83


Miscellaneous articles of base metal

Notes.

1.- For the purposes of this Chapter, parts of base metal are to be classified with their parent articles. However, articles of iron or steel of heading 73.12, 73.15, 73.17, 73.18 or 73.20, or similar articles of other base metal (Chapters 74 to 76 and 78 to 81) are not to be taken as parts of articles of this Chapter.

2.- For the purposes of heading 83.02, the word “castors” means those having a diameter (including, where appropriate, tyres) not exceeding 75 mm, or those having a diameter (including, where appropriate, tyres) exceeding 75 mm provided that the width of the wheel or tyre fitted thereto is less than 30 mm.

GENERAL
Whereas in Chapters 73 to 76 and 78 to 81 articles are classified according to a specific metal, this Chapter, like Chapter 82, covers certain particular classes of goods irrespective of the base metal of which they are composed.

In general, parts of base metal are to be classified with their parent articles (see Chapter Note 1). However, the Chapter does not cover springs (even if specialised for locks, etc.), chains, cables, nuts, bolts, screws or nails; these goods are classified in the appropriate headings of Chapters 73 to 76 and 78 to 81 (see Note 2 to Section XV and Note 1 to this Chapter).

83.01 Padlocks and locks (key, combination or electrically operated), of base metal; clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks, of base metal; keys for any of the foregoing articles, of base metal.
This heading covers fastening devices operated by a key (e.g., locks of the cylinder, lever, tumbler or Bramah types) or controlled by a combination of letters or figures (combination locks).

It also includes electrically operated locks (e.g., for street doors of blocks of flats or for lift doors). These locks may be operated, e.g., by insertion of a magnetic card, by entering the combination data on an electronic keyboard, or by radio wave signal.

The heading therefore covers, inter alia:

(A) Padlocks of all types for doors, trunks, chests, bags, cycles, etc., including key-operated locking hasps.

(B) Locks for doors or gates, letter boxes, safes, boxes or caskets, furniture, pianos, trunks, suit-cases, handbags, dispatch-cases, etc., for automobiles, railway-rolling-stock, tramcars, etc., for lifts, shutters, sliding doors, etc.

(C) Clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks.

The heading also covers:

(1) Base metal parts of the articles mentioned above clearly recognisable as such (e.g., cases, bolts, striking plates and sockets, thread escutcheons, face-plates, wards, mechanisms and cylinder barrels).

(2) Base metal keys for the articles mentioned above, finished or not (including roughly cast, forged or stamped blanks).

The heading does not, however, include simple latches or bolts, etc. (heading 83.02), nor fasteners and clasps (not key or combination operated) for handbags, brief-cases, executive-cases, etc. (heading 83.08).
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Subheading Explanatory Note.

Subheading 8301.30

This subheading covers not only locks for domestic furniture but also those for office furniture.


83.02 Base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture, doors, staircases, windows, blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks, chests, caskets or the like; base metal hat-racks, hat-pegs, brackets and similar fixtures; castors with mountings of base metal; automatic door closers of base metal.
This heading covers general purpose classes of base metal accessory fittings and mountings, such as are used largely on furniture, doors, windows, coachwork, etc. Goods within such general classes remain in this heading even if they are designed for particular uses (e.g., door handles or hinges for automobiles). The heading does not, however, extend to goods forming an essential part of the structure of the article, such as window frames or swivel devices for revolving chairs.

The heading covers:

(A) Hinges of all types (e.g., butt hinges, lift-off hinges, angle hinges, strap hinges and garnets).

(B) Castors, as defined in Chapter Note 2. To fall in this heading, castors must have mountings of base metal, but the wheels may be of any material (except precious metal). In the case of castors having pneumatic tyres, the diameter of the castor must be measured with the tyre inflated to a normal pressure. The presence of spokes does not affect the classification of castors in this heading. Castors not complying with the provisions of the heading text or of Chapter Note 2, are excluded (e.g., Chapter 87). (C) Mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for motor vehicles (e.g., motor cars, lorries or motor coaches), not being parts or accessories of Section XVII. For example: made up ornamental beading strips; foot rests; grip bars, rails and handles; fittings for blinds (rods, brackets, fastening fittings, spring mechanisms, etc.); interior luggage racks; window opening mechanisms; specialised ash trays; tail-board fastening fittings.

(D) Mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for buildings This group includes: Rods, tubes and bars, suitable for use as curtain or stair rods, etc., merely cut to length and drilled, remain classified according to the constituent metal.
(E) Mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture This group includes: (F) (1) Fittings and similar articles for trunks, chests, suit-cases or similar travel goods, e.g., lid guides (but not including fasteners); handles; corner protectors; lid struts and runners; closing rods for basket-trunks; fittings for expanding cases; however, ornaments for handbags fall in heading 71.17.
(G) Hat-racks, hat-pegs, brackets (fixed, hinged or toothed, etc.) and similar fixtures such as coat racks, towel racks, dish-cloth racks, brush racks, key racks.

Coat racks, etc., having the character of furniture, such as coat racks incorporating a shelf, are classified in Chapter 94.

(H) Automatic door closers, spring or hydraulic types, for doors, gates, etc.


83.03 - Armoured or reinforced safes, strong-boxes and doors and safe deposit lockers for strong-rooms, cash or deed boxes and the like, of base metal.

This heading covers containers and strong-room doors designed for securing valuables, jewels, documents, etc., against theft and fire.

Safes and strong-boxes of this heading are steel containers of which the walls are armoured (i.e., made of high-strength alloy steel) or of sheet steel reinforced with, for example, reinforced concrete. They are used in banks, offices, hotels, etc. They are fitted with very secure locks and often with air-tight doors and double walls, the intervening space usually being filled with heat-resistant materials. The heading includes strong-room doors (whether or not with door frames) and safe deposit lockers for strong-rooms as used in banks, safe deposits, factories, etc., where larger storage space is required.

The heading also includes metal cash or deed boxes (with or without internal compartments). These are portable boxes (incorporating a key-operated or a combination lock), sometimes with double walls, which by virtue of their design, constituent material, etc., offer reasonable protection against theft and fire. Collecting-boxes, money-boxes, etc., also fall in the heading, provided they have similar provisions for security; otherwise they are classified according to the constituent metal or as toys.

The heading does not cover:

(a) Security doors of steel, for all types of dwellings (heading 73.08).

(b) Containers specially designed to resist fire, impact and crushing and whose walls in particular do not offer any serious resistance to attempts at breaking them open by drilling or cutting (heading 94.03).




83.04 Filing cabinets, card-index cabinets, paper trays, paper rests, pen trays, office-stamp stands and similar office or desk equipment, of base metal, other than office furniture of heading 94.03.

The heading covers filing cabinets, card-index cabinets, sorting boxes and similar office equipment used for the storage, filing or sorting of correspondence, index cards or other papers, provided the equipment is not designed to stand on the floor or is not otherwise covered by Note 2 to Chapter 94 (heading 94.03) (see the General Explanatory Note to Chapter 94). The heading also includes paper trays for sorting documents, paper rests for typists, desk racks and shelving, and desk equipment (such as book-ends, paperweights, ink-stands and ink-pots, pen trays, office-stamp stands and blotters).

The heading does not, however, cover waste paper baskets which are classified according to the constituent metal (e.g., in heading 73.26).

83.05 Fittings for loose-leaf binders or files, letter clips, letter corners, paper clips, indexing tags and similar office articles, of base metal; staples in strips (for example, for offices, upholstery, packaging), of base metal.
This heading covers base metal fittings of the clip, cord, spring lever, ring, screw, etc., types, for loose-leaf binders or box files. It further includes protecting rings, bands and corners for ledgers or other stationery books; also office stationery in metal of the type used in fastening together or index-marking papers (e.g., letter clips, paper clips, paper fasteners, letter corners, card indexing tags, file tags, spike files); staples in strips of the kind used in stapling machines, in offices, for upholstery, for packaging, etc.

The heading excludes:

(a) Drawing pins (e.g., heading 73.17 or 74.15).

(b) Clasps and fasteners for books, ledgers, etc. (heading 83.01 or 83.08).


83.06 Bells, gongs and the like, non-electric, of base metal; statuettes and other ornaments, of base metal; photograph, picture or similar frames, of base metal; mirrors of base metal.

(A) BELLS, GONGS AND THE LIKE, NON-ELECTRIC

This group covers non-electric bells and gongs of base metal. It includes bells for places of religious worship, schools, public buildings, factories, ships, fire-engines, etc.; door bells; table bells; hand-bells; cattle or other animal bells; bells for bicycles, scooters or perambulators; bells for fishing tackle (without the addition of external clamps, clips or other mounting devices); door chimes, table gongs, etc.; decorated bells such as those for tourist souvenirs.

This heading also covers metallic parts such as clappers, handles and domes (including those suitable equally for electric or other types of bells). It also includes metallic buttons and turn-keys for non-electric table or door bells.

This heading does not include:

(a) Iron or steel frameworks for supporting church bells, etc. (heading 73.08).

(b) Bell pulls, leverings and fittings for mechanical type door bells (e.g., heading 73.25, 73.26).

(c) Electric bells and other signalling apparatus of heading 85.31.

(d) Clock chimes and gongs (heading 91.14).

(e) Carillons and gongs, of the nature of musical instruments of heading 92.06 or 92.07.

(f) Articles incorporating bells, e.g., dog collars (heading 42.01), certain musical instruments (e.g., tambourines) (Chapter 92), toys (heading 95.03), fishing rod bells mounted on external clamps, clips or other devices (heading 95.07).

(B) STATUETTES AND OTHER ORNAMENTS

This group comprises a wide range of ornaments of base metal (whether or not incorporating subsidiary non-metallic parts) of a kind designed essentially for decoration, e.g., in homes, offices, assembly rooms, places of religious worship, gardens.

It should be noted that the group does not include articles of more specific headings of the Nomenclature, even if those articles are suited by their nature or finish as ornaments.

The group covers articles which have no utility value but are wholly ornamental, and articles whose only usefulness is to contain or support other decorative articles or to add to their decorative effect, for example:

(1) Busts, statuettes and other decorative figures; ornaments (including those forming parts of clock sets) for mantelpieces, shelves, etc. (animals, symbolic or allegorical figures, etc.); sporting or art trophies (cups, etc.); wall ornaments incorporating fittings for hanging (plaques, trays, plates, medallions other than those for personal adornment); artificial flowers, rosettes and similar ornamental goods of cast or forged metal (usually of wrought iron); knick-knacks for shelves or domestic display cabinets.

(2) Articles for religious use such as reliquaries, chalices, ciboriums, monstrances or crucifixes.

(3) Table-bowls, vases, pots, jardinières (including those of cloisonné enamel).
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The group also includes, in the circumstances explained below, certain goods of the two following categories even though they have a utility value:

(A) Household or domestic articles whether they are potentially covered by specific headings for such goods (i.e., headings 73.23, 74.18 and 76.16) or by the “other articles” headings (e.g., in the case of articles of nickel and tin in particular). These household or domestic articles are generally designed essentially to serve useful purposes, and any decoration is usually secondary so as not to impair the usefulness. If, therefore, such decorated articles serve a useful purpose no less efficiently than their plainer counterparts, they are classified as domestic goods rather than in this group. On the other hand, if the usefulness of the article is clearly subordinate to its ornamental or fancy character, it should be classified in this group, for example, trays so heavily embossed that their usefulness is virtually nullified; ornaments incorporating a purely incidental tray or container usable as a trinket dish or ash-tray; and miniatures having no genuine utility value (miniature kitchen utensils).

(B) Articles, other than household or domestic articles, of the type which would otherwise fall in the collective headings at the end of each of the Chapters for metals (e.g., smokers’ sets, jewel cases, cigarette boxes, incense stands, incense pots, match holders). These goods are classified in this group if clearly designed primarily for ornamental purposes.
(C) PHOTOGRAPH, PICTURE OR SIMILAR FRAMES;
MIRRORS OF BASE METAL

This group comprises photograph, picture, mirror, etc., frames of base metal, of all shapes and dimensions. These remain in the group if fitted with supports or with backings of paperboard, wood or other material. The group includes frames fitted with plain glass, but glass mirrors with metal frames are excluded (heading 70.09).

Printed pictures and photographs presented in frames of base metal are also classified in this heading when the essential character of the whole is given by the frames; in other cases such articles are classified in heading 49.11.

In the case of framed paintings, drawings, pastels, collages and similar decorative plaques, and original engravings, prints and lithographs, to determine whether the framed articles are to be classified as a whole or whether the frames are to be classified separately, see Note 5 to Chapter 97 and the Explanatory Notes to headings 97.01 and 97.02.

This group also includes metallic mirrors (other than optical elements, see the Explanatory Notes to headings 90.01 and 90.02), e.g., wall or pocket mirrors and rear-view mirrors, generally made of steel or of chromium, nickel or silver-plated steel or brass. They may be framed, backed or fitted with supports, or be presented complete with cases or straps of leather, textile or other materials.

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The heading also excludes:

(a) Partitions and balustrades of wrought iron or other metals (e.g., heading 73.08).

(b) Knives, spoons, forks, etc. (Chapter 82).

(c) Locks and parts thereof (heading 83.01).

(d) Fittings and mountings for furniture, doors, staircases and windows (heading 83.02).

(e) The instruments and apparatus of Chapter 90 (e.g., barometers and thermometers even if in an essentially decorative presentation).

(f) Clocks and cases therefor, even if the latter are decorative or consist, for example, of statuettes or similar objects clearly designed to act as clock cases (Chapter 91).

(g) Articles of Chapter 94.

(h) Toys and games (Chapter 95).

(ij) Table lighters (heading 96.13); scent and similar sprays (heading 96.16).

(k) Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (Chapter 97).


83.07 - Flexible tubing of base metal, with or without fittings.
There are two main types of flexible metal tubing, differing according to the process of manufacture:

(1) Flexible tubing composed of a shaped strip rolled spirally, with or without fastening of the edge. Tubing of this type may be rendered water or gas tight by packing with rubber, asbestos, textiles, etc. It is then suitable for use as watertight protection for electric cables or flexible transmission systems; vacuum cleaner tubing; conduits for compressed air, steam, gas, water, petrol, oil or other fluids in engines, machine-tools, pumps, transformers, hydraulic or pneumatic appliances, blast furnaces, etc. Similar tubing not rendered watertight is used as conduits for sand, grain, dust, shavings, etc., and also, in certain cases, for protecting electric cables, other flexible transmission piping, rubber tubing, etc.

(2) Corrugated flexible tubing obtained, e.g., by deformation of a smooth-surfaced pipe. This tubing is by its nature water and air tight, and can be used without further processing for the purposes described in paragraph (1) above.

In order to increase their resistance to pressure, both types of flexible tubing may be reinforced or equipped with one or more braided sleeves of wire or metal strip. These sleeves are sometimes protected by spiralled wire, and may also be covered with plastics, rubber or textile material.

The heading also covers flexible tubing composed of tightly spiralled wire (e.g., as used as sheathing for “Bowden” cables or cycle brake cables). It does not cover similar products which are not used as tubes or pipes (e.g., extending curtain wire) (generally heading 73.26).

Flexible tubing in short lengths for thermic or antivibratory uses (known as thermostatic bellows or expansion joints) remains in this heading.

The heading also includes tubing fitted with sockets, joints, etc.
This heading also excludes:

(a) Rubber tubing incorporating or fitted with external metallic reinforcement (heading 40.09).

(b) Flexible tubing made into the form of machinery or vehicle parts, etc., e.g., by assembly with other materials (Sections XVI and XVII).

83.08 Clasps, frames with clasps, buckles, buckle-clasps, hooks, eyes, eyelets and the like, of base metal, of a kind used for clothing, footwear, awnings, handbags, travel goods or other made up articles; tubular or bifurcated rivets, of base metal; beads and spangles, of base metal.
This heading includes:

(A) Hooks, eyes and eyelets, for clothing, footwear, awnings, tents or sails.

(B) Tubular or bifurcated rivets of all kinds. These are used in clothing, footwear, awnings, tents, travel goods, leather goods, belting, etc.; they also serve in engineering (e.g., in aircraft construction). The heading also covers break mandrel blind rivets, where during the setting operation the mandrel is pulled into or against the rivet body and breaks at or near the junction of the mandrel shank and its upset end.

(C) Clasps, fasteners, and frames with clasps, for handbags, purses, brief-cases, executive-cases or other travel goods, or for books or wrist-watches; but the heading excludes locks (including locking clasps), and frames with clasps, incorporating locks (heading 83.01).

(D) Buckles (with or without tongues) and buckle-clasps, whether or not ornamental, for clothes, belts, braces, suspenders, gloves, footwear, gaiters, wrist-watches, haversacks, travel goods and leather goods.

(E) Metal beads and spangles used, inter alia, for making imitation jewellery, or for decorating textile material, embroidery, clothing, etc. They are generally made of copper, copper alloys or aluminium (often gilded or silvered), and are designed to be fixed in position by glueing, sewing, etc. Beads are generally spherical or tubular or sometimes facetted; spangles, generally of geometrical form (round, hexagonal, etc.), are cut from metal foil and usually pierced.

The articles referred to in (A), (C) and (D) above may contain parts of leather, textiles, plastics, wood, horn, bone, ebonite, mother of pearl, ivory, imitation precious stones, etc., provided they retain the essential character of articles of base metal. They may also be ornamented by working of the metal.

This heading also excludes:

(a) Ornaments, other than buckles, for hats, handbags, shoes, belts, etc. (heading 71.17).

(b) Metal flakes (Chapters 74 to 76, in particular).

(c) Rivets, other than tubular or bifurcated rivets; snap hooks (usually Chapters 73 to 76).

(d) Press-studs and push-buttons (heading 96.06).

(e) Slide fasteners and parts thereof (heading 96.07).


83.09 Stoppers, caps and lids (including crown corks, screw caps and pouring stoppers), capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing accessories, of base metal.
The heading covers a range of articles of base metal (often with washers or other fittings of plastics, rubber, cork, etc.) used for corking or capsuling drums, barrels, bottles, etc., or for sealing cases or other packages.

The heading includes:

(1) Metal stoppers, caps and lids, e.g., crown corks, crown caps or crown seals; stoppers, caps and covers of the screw, clip, lever, spring, etc., types as used for corking or capping beer bottles, mineral water bottles, preserve jars, tubular containers or the like.

(2) Bungs for metal drums.

(3) Pouring, dropping, anti-drip stoppers for bottles of liqueurs, oils, medicaments, etc.

(4) Tear off capsules for milk bottles, etc., fabricated capsules of lead or tin foil, of the type used for certain champagne or wine bottles.

(5) Bung covers, in the form of discs, etc., cut from sheet metal and fixed over the bung as a protection.

(6) Special wire fittings as used to secure the corks of bottles of champagne, etc.

(7) Seals of all kinds, generally of lead or tin-plate, used to secure crates, packages, buildings, railway wagons, vehicles, etc., including guarantee seals.

(8) Case corner protectors.

(9) Fastenings for sealing bags, sachets or similar containers, consisting of one or two steel wires sandwiched between two strips of plastics or two strips of paper.

(10) Tops with an incised flap and a ring pull, made of base metal, used, for example, for drink or food cans.


83.10 Sign-plates, name-plates, address-plates and similar plates, numbers, letters and other symbols, of base metal, excluding those of heading 94.05.

With the exception of illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like, having a permanently fixed light source, and parts thereof not elsewhere specified or included, of heading 94.05, this heading covers base metal plates which bear (by enamelling, varnishing, printing, engraving, perforation, stamping, moulding, embossing, shaping or any other process) words, letters, numbers or designs giving all the essential information required for a sign-plate, name-plate, advertising plate, address-plate or other similar plate. It is a characteristic of such plates that they are normally designed to be permanent fixtures (e.g., road sign-plates, advertising plates, machine name-plates) or to be used many times (e.g., cloakroom tokens and tags).

Some plates may be designed for the subsequent insertion of details subsidiary to the information already on the plate (e.g., the insertion of the individual serial number on a plate showing all the essential information about a machine). The heading excludes, however, plates, “labels”, tags and the like which bear printing, etc., that is merely incidental to the essential information which is to be added later in manuscript or otherwise.

The heading includes:

(1) Name-plates for districts, streets, etc.; number or name-plates for buildings, tombs, etc.; sign-plates for public services (police, fire-brigade, etc.), prohibitions (“No smoking”, “Game Preserve”, etc.); sign-post or traffic sign-plates, etc.

(2) Symbols for inns, shops, factories.

(3) Advertising sign-plates.

(4) Address-plates for houses, doors, letter-boxes, vehicles, dog-collars, etc.; horticultural labels; tags for latch keys, tags and tokens for cloakrooms.

(5) Similar plates and symbols for machines, meters, cars (e.g., number plates), etc.

The heading also includes separate letters, numbers or designs (or sets thereof), employed to make up sign-plates as described above, for shop window displays, train-indicator sign boards, etc.

Stencil plates are, however, classified according to their constituent metal.

The heading does not include:

(a) Plates not bearing letters, numbers or designs, or bearing only particulars incidental to the essential information which is to be added later (e.g., headings 73.25, 73.26, 76.16, 79.07).

(b) Printers’ type (heading 84.42); type for typewriters and plates for addressing machines (heading 84.73).

(c) Signalling plates, discs and semaphores of heading 86.08.


83.11 Wire, rods, tubes, plates, electrodes and similar products, of base metal or of metal carbides, coated or cored with flux material, of a kind used for soldering, brazing, welding or deposition of metal or of metal carbides; wire and rods, of agglomerated base metal powder, used for metal spraying.
This heading covers wire, rods, tubes, plates, electrodes and similar products, of base metal or of metal carbides, of a kind used for soldering, brazing, welding or deposition of metal or of metal carbides, provided they are coated or cored with flux material; in the latter case, the outer part is usually composed of a tube or sometimes of a spirally wrapped strip. Wire, rods, tubes, plates, electrodes, etc., of base metal not coated or cored with flux material are excluded (Chapters 72 to 76 and 78 to 81). The materials used for coating or coring are the flux (e.g., zinc chloride, ammonium chloride, borax, quartz, resin or lanolin) which would otherwise have to be added separately during the soldering, brazing, welding or deposition process. The electrodes, etc., may also contain the additive metal in powder form. In electric welding, the coating may also contain some heat-resistant material (asbestos, etc.) to direct the electric arc onto the part to be welded. For electric arc-welding, coated electrodes or cored wire are used. The former consists of a metal core and a coating of non-metal material which may be of various thicknesses and compositions. Cored wire is a hollow product filled with material similar to that used for the coating of electrodes. This wire is presented in coils or on spools. Prepared metal brazing plates are inserted between the parts to be joined (usually for iron or steel). They consist of a metal strip, wire cloth or grill, coated with the flux; they may be specially shaped for use, or in strip form suitable for cutting as required.

The heading also includes wire and rods obtained by extruding base metal powder (usually nickel) agglomerated with an excipient based on plastics, and used for spraying metal onto various materials (e.g., metals or cement).

The heading does not cover wire and rods of cored solder where, apart from flux material, the solder consists of an alloy containing 2 % or more by weight of any one precious metal (Chapter 71).

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