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Customs Tariff Act 1987
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Chapter 83
Miscellaneous articles of base metal
l.- 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 7312, 7315, 7317, 7318 or 7320, 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 8302, “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.
| 8301 | 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: | |
| ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| 8301.10.00 | - Padlocks | 25%DC:20% |
| 8301.20.00 | - Locks of a kind used for motor vehicles | 25%FI:20%DC:20% |
| 8301.30.00 | - Locks of a kind used for furniture | 25%DC:20% |
| 8301.40.00 | - Other locks | 25%DC:20% |
| 8301.50.00 | - Clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks | 25%DC:20% |
| 8301.60.00 | - Parts | 25%DC:20% |
| 8301.70.00 | - Keys presented separately | 25%DC:20%CAN:15% |
| 8302 | 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: | |
| 8302.10.00 | - Hinges | 20%DC:15% |
| 8302.20.00 | - Castors | 20%DC:15% |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| 8302.30.00 | - Other mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for motor vehicles | 20%DC:15% |
| 8302.4 | - Other mountings, fittings and similar articles: | |
| 8302.41.00 | - - Suitable for buildings | 20%DC:15% |
| 8302.42.00 | - - Other, suitable for furniture | 20%DC:15% |
| 8302.49.00 | - - Other | 20%DC:15% |
| 8302.50.00 | - Hat-racks, hat-pegs, brackets and similar fixtures | 20%DC:15% |
| 8302.60.00 | - Automatic door closers | 20%DC:15% |
| 8303.00.00 | ARMOURED OR REINFORCED SAFES, STRONGBOXES AND DOORS AND SAFE DEPOSIT LOCKERS FOR STRONG-ROOMS, CASH OR DEED BOXES AND THE LIKE, OF BASE METAL | 20%DC:15% |
| 8304.00.00 | 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 9403 | 20%DC:15% |
| 8305 | 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: | |
| 8305.10.00 | - Fittings for loose-leaf binders or files | 25%DC:20% |
| 8305.20.00 | - Staples in strips | 20%DC:15% |
| 8305.90.00 | - Other, including parts | 25%DC:20% |
| 8306 | 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: | |
| 8306.10.00 | - Bells, gongs and the like | 20%DC:15% |
| 8306.2 | - Statuettes and other ornaments: | |
| 8306.21.00 | - - Plated with precious metal | 20%DC:15% |
| 8306.29.00 | - - Other | 20%DC:15% |
| 8306.30.00 | - Photograph, picture or similar frames; mirrors | 20%DC:15% |
| 8307 | FLEXIBLE TUBING OF BASE METAL, WITH OR WITHOUT FITTINGS: | |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| 8307.10.00 | - Of iron or steel | 20%DC:15% |
| 8307.90.00 | - Of other base metal | 20%DC:15% |
| 8308 | 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: | |
| 8308.10.00 | - Hooks, eyes and eyelets | 20%DC:15% |
| 8308.20.00 | - Tubular or bifurcated rivets | 20%DC:15% |
| 8308.90.00 | - Other, including parts | 20%DC:15% |
| 8309 | 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: | |
| 8309.10.00 | - Crown corks | 20%DC:15% |
| 8309.90.00 | - Other | 20%DC:15% |
| 8310.00.00 | SIGN-PLATES, NAME-PLATES, ADDRESS-PLATES AND SIMILAR PLATES, NUMBERS, LETTERS AND OTHER SYMBOLS, OF BASE METAL, EXCLUDING THOSE OF 9405 | 20%DC:15% |
| 8311 | 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: | |
| 8311.10.00 | - Coated electrodes of base metal, for electric arc-welding | 15%DC:10% |
| 8311.20.00 | - Cored wire of base metal, for electric arc-welding | 15%DC:10% |
| 8311.30.00 | - Coated rods and cored wire, of base metal, for soldering, brazing or welding by flame | 15%DC:10% |
| 8311.90.00 | - Other, including parts | 2% |
Section XVI
Machinery and mechanical appliances;
electrical equipment; parts thereof;
sound recorders and reproducers,
television image and sound recorders and reproducers,
and parts and accessories of such articles
(a) Transmission or conveyor belts or belting, of plastics of Chapter 39, or of vulcanised rubber (4010); or other articles of a kind used in machinery or mechanical or electrical appliances or for other technical uses, of unhardened vulcanised rubber (4016);
(b) Articles of leather or of composition leather (4204.00.00) or of furskin (4303), of a kind used in machinery or mechanical appliances or for other technical uses;
(c) Bobbins, spools, cops, cones, cores, reels or similar supports, of any material (for example, Chapter 39, 40, 44 or 48 or Section XV);
(d) Perforated cards for Jacquard or similar machines (for example, Chapter 39 or 48 or Section XV);
(e) Transmission or conveyor belts of textile material (5910.00.00) or other articles of textile material for technical uses (5911);
(f) Precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) of 7102 to 7104, or articles wholly of such stones of 7116, except unmounted worked sapphires and diamonds for styli (8522);
(g) Parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39);
(h) Drill pipe (7304);
(ij) Endless belts of metal wire or strip (Section XV);
(k) Articles of Chapter 82 or 83;
(l) Articles of Section XVII;
(m) Articles of Chapter 90;
(n) Clocks, watches or other articles of Chapter 91;
(o) Interchangeable tools of 8207 or brushes of a kind used as parts of machines of 9603; similar interchangeable tools are to be classified according to the constituent material of their working part (for example, in Chapter 40, 42, 43, 45 or 59 or 6804 or 6909); or
(p) Articles of Chapter 95.
2.- Subject to Note 1 to this Section, Note 1 to Chapter 84 and to Note 1 to Chapter 85, parts of machines (not being parts of the articles of 8484, 8544, 8545, 8546 or 8547) are to be classified according to the following rules:
(a) Parts which are goods included in any of the headings of Chapters 84 or 85 (other than 8485 and 8548.00.00) are in all cases to be classified in their respective headings;
(b) Other parts, if suitable for use solely or principally with a particular kind of machine, or with a number of machines of the same heading (including a machine of 8479 or 8543) are to be classified with the machines of that kind. However, parts which are equally suitable for use principally with the goods of 8517 and 8525 to 8528 are to be classified in 8517;
(c) All other parts are to be classified in 8485 or 8548.00.00.
3.- Unless the context otherwise requires, composite machines consisting of two or more machines fitted together to form a whole and other machines adapted for the purpose of performing two or more complementary or alternative functions are to be classified as if consisting only of that component or as being that machine which performs the principal function.
4.- Where a machine (including a combination of machines) consists of individual components (whether separate or interconnected by piping, by transmission devices, by electric cables or by other devices) intended to contribute together to a clearly defined function covered by one of the headings in Chapter 84 or Chapter 85, then the whole falls to be classified in the heading appropriate to that function.
5.- For the purposes of these Notes, “machine” means any machine, machinery, plant, equipment, apparatus or appliance cited in the headings of Chapter 84 or 85.