L Angles 3.4 Angles, Shapes and Sections – Note 1(n) Products having a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length which do not conform to any of the definitions to semifinished products, definitions at Chapter Note 1(k), 1(l) or 1(m) to Chapter 72 or to the definition of wire. C Channel U Channel I or H Sections T Sections 38 TOPIC [ C ]
Flat-Rolled, Bar, Rod and Wire Products Specification Diagram 3.5 Wire – Note 1(o) Cold-formed products in coils, of any uniform solid cross-section along their whole length, which do not conform to the definition of flat-rolled products. 39 PRODUCTION OF FINISHED PRODUCTS
3.6 Hollow Drill Bars and Rods – Note 1(p) Hollow bars and rods of any cross-section, suitable for drills, of which the greatest external dimension of the cross-section exceeds 15 mm but does not exceed 52 mm, and of which the greatest internal dimension does not exceed one half of the greatest external dimension. Hollow bars and rods of iron or steel not conforming to this definition are to be classified in heading 73.04. External Diameter Internal Diameter Important Notes : 1. External diameter (ED) : 15 - 52 mm 2. Internal diameter (ID) : < ½ ED Hollow Drill Bars and Rods 40 TOPIC [ C ]
Examples of steel strip https://www.shouanindustrial.com/plus 3.7 Hoop and Strips – National Note 1 For the purposes of relevant subheadings of headings 72.11, 72.12, 72.20 and 72.26 hoop and strip are rolled products with sheared or unsheared edges, of a rectangular section of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm, of a width not exceeding 500mm and of such dimensions that the thickness does not exceed one tenth of the width, in straight strips, coils or flattened coils. 41 PRODUCTION OF FINISHED PRODUCTS
3.8 Universal Plates – National Note 2 For the purposes of relevant subheadings of headings 72.11 and 72.12 universal plates are products of rectangular section, hot rolled lengthwise in a closed box or universal mill, of a thickness exceeding 5mm but not exceeding 100mm, and a width exceeding 150mm but less than 600mm. Examples of steel plate https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/mild-steel-plate 42 TOPIC [ C ]
3.9 Coils for Re-rolling– National Note 3 For the purpose of subheading 7211.14 coils for re-rolling are coiled, semi-finished hot-rolled products, of rectangular section, of a thickness of 4.75mm or more, of a width exceeding 500mm and less than 600mm and of a weight of not less than 500kg per piece. Conditions: 1. In coil; 2. Hot rolled; 3. Rectangular section; 4. The thickness of 4.75mm or more; 5. The width exceeding 500mm but less than 600mm; and 6. Weight of not less than 500kg per piece 43 PRODUCTION OF FINISHED PRODUCTS
HARMONIZED SYSTEM (HS) CLASSIFICATION GUIDEBOOK OF TOPIC D SUB-CHAPTER I: PRIMARY MATERIALS; PRODUCTS IN GRANULAR OR POWDER FORM
D. SUB-CHAPTER I : PRIMARY MATERIALS; PRODUCTS IN GRANULAR OR POWDER FORM The Sub-Chapter covers: (1) The primary materials of iron and steel metallurgy (pig iron, spiegeleisen, ferro-alloys, ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, waste and scrap and remelting scrap ingots) and iron having a minimum purity by weight of 99.94 % (headings 72.01 to 72.04). (2) Granules and powders, of pig iron, spiegeleisen, iron or steel (heading 72.05). 1. Composition of iron and steel metallurgy (Chapter Notes 1(a), (b) and (c), Subheading Note 1(a)) 1.1 Pig iron – Note 1(a) Iron-carbon alloys not usefully malleable, containing more than 2 % by weight of carbon and which may contain by weight one or more other elements within the following limits: - not more than 10 % of chromium - not more than 6 % of manganese - not more than 3 % of phosphorus - not more than 8 % of silicon - a total of not more than 10 % of other elements. 46 TOPIC [ D ]
1.2 Spiegeleisen – Note 1(b) Iron-carbon alloys containing by weight more than 6 % but not more than 30 % of manganese and otherwise conforming to the specification at Note 1(a) above. 1.3 Ferro-alloys – Note 1(c) Alloys in pigs, blocks, lumps or similar primary forms, in forms obtained by continuous casting and also in granular or powder forms, whether or not agglomerated, commonly used as an additive in the manufacture of other alloys or as de-oxidants, de-sulphurising agents or for similar uses in ferrous metallurgy and generally not usefully malleable, containing by weight 4 % or more of the element iron and one or more of the following: - more than 10 % of chromium - more than 30 % of manganese - more than 3 % of phosphorus - more than 8 % of silicon - a total of more than 10 % of other elements, excluding carbon, subject to a maximum content of 10 % in the case of copper. 1.4 Alloy pig iron – Subheading Note 1(a) Pig iron containing, by weight, one or more of the following elements in the specified proportions: - more than 0.2 % of chromium - more than 0.3 % of copper - more than 0.3 % of nickel - more than 0.1 % of any of the following elements: aluminium, molybdenum, titanium, tungsten (wolfram), vanadium. 47 SUB-CHAPTER I: PRIMARY MATERIALS; PRODUCTS IN GRANULAR OR POWDER FORM
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References 2. (i) Pig iron in pigs, blocks or other primary forms Pig Iron (Alloy and NonAlloy) a. Containing more than 2% of carbon b. Pigs, blocks, lumps, whether or not broken, or in the molten state c. Not include shaped or worked articles d. Crude pig iron and pig iron which has been remelted for convenience and to obtain a certain degree of refining, blending or alloying e. Not include chromium steels containing more than 2 % of carbon by application of Note I (d) f. Malleable cast iron (whiteheart or blackheart) in the primary forms of pigs, blocks, etc. with carbon content exceeds 2 % by weight g. Alloy pig iron mentioned in Subheading Note 1 (a) Reducing and smelting iron ore in blast furnaces or by smelting ferrous waste and scrap in electric furnaces or cupola furnaces Brittle and unworkable, annealing 7201.10 7201.20 7201.50 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(a) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.01 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(a) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-1 b. Note (A) to Heading 72.01, pp. XV-7201-1 & XV-7201-2 c. Steel: Note 1(d) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-1 d. Alloy pig iron: Subheading Note 1(a) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-4 e. Surface treatments – Annealing: General Explanatory Notes to Chapter 72, Part (C)(2), Items (a), p. XV72-10 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(b) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.01 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(b) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-1 b. Note (B) to Heading 72.01, p. XV-7201-2 48 TOPIC [ D ]
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References (ii) Spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms Spiegeleisen a. Same forms as pig iron b. Considered in the trade as a ferro-alloy but is classified in the same heading as pig iron since it is generally obtained directly from ores. Reducing and smelting iron ore in blast furnaces or by smelting ferrous waste and scrap in electric furnaces or cupola furnaces Glittering surface on fracture 7201.50 3. Ferro-alloys a. Pigs, blocks, lumps or similar primary forms. b. Granular or powder forms. c. Contain a smaller proportion of iron which merely acts as a “solvent” for large proportions of alloy elements and may contain 2 % or less of carbon. d. Not use for rolling, forging or other working even though some are malleable. e. Application: ·• Used in the iron or steel industry mainly to add definite proportions of alloying elements to steel or pig iron in order to obtain special qualities a. By continuous casting, whether or not agglomerated. b. Other Ferro-alloys (e.g., Ferromanganese or Ferro-silicon): Produced in blast furnaces, but more usually prepared in electric furnaces, or in crucibles by the “thermit” process, etc. No mechanical working or surface treatment 7202.11 7202.19 7202.21 7202.29 7202.30 7202.41 7202.49 7202.50 7202.60 7202.70 7202.80 7202.91 7202.92 7202.93 7202.99 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(c) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.02 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(c) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-1 b. Heading 72.02, pp. XV-7202-1 to XV-7202-3 c. Conversion (reduction) of iron ore: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part (I), pp. XV-72- 5 & XV-72-6 49 SUB-CHAPTER I: PRIMARY MATERIALS; PRODUCTS IN GRANULAR OR POWDER FORM
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References ·• Used as de-oxidants, de-sulphurisers or de-nitrating agents or for killing steel, in welding or for metal deposition. ·• Products previously reduced to granules or powder and agglomerated into briquettes, cylinders, thin slabs, etc., by means of cement or other binders and, in certain cases, with exothermic additives. 4. (i) Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or similar forms Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products a. Lumps, briquettes, pellets or similar forms b. Usually contain more than 80 % by weight of metallic iron c. Spongy structure (sponge iron) d. Rough and porous surface e. Application: Used in the manufacture of steel a. Obtained from iron ore in lumps or in granules or from concentrated iron ore in the form of briquettes or pellets. b. Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore produced by reducing the ore without fusion. a. Ferrous Product: Clearly rounded surface b. Spongy Ferrous Product: Rough and porous surface 7203.10 7203.90 CDO 2022 Heading 72.03 to Chapter 72. EN HS 2022 a. Heading 72.03, p. XV-7203-1 b. Conversion of iron ore in direct reduction plants: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part (I)(B), p. XV-72-6 50 TOPIC [ D ]
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References (ii) Iron having a minimum purity by weight of 99.94 %, in lumps, pellets or similar forms Iron having a minimum purity by weight of 99.94 %, a. Purity 99.94%, very pure iron (i.e., iron having an impurity content not exceeding 0.06 %). b. Lumps, pellets or similar forms. c. Application; • Used in research laboratories and by certain branches of the iron-working industry • Good diluent for metals c. Other spongy ferrous products obtained from molten pig iron by the atomisation technique Primary materials No mechanical working or surface treatment 7203.90 CDO 2022 Heading 72.03 to Chapter 72. EN HS 2022 a. General Notes of SubChapter 1(1) to Chapter 72, p. XV-7201-1 b. Heading 72.03, p. XV-7203-1 51 SUB-CHAPTER I: PRIMARY MATERIALS; PRODUCTS IN GRANULAR OR POWDER FORM
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References 5. (i) Ferrous waste and scrap of iron or steel Ferrous waste and scrap a. As defined in Note 8 (a) to Section XV. b. Waste and scrap from the manufacture or mechanical working of iron or steel. c. Articles of iron or steel, definitively not usable as such because of breakage, cutting-up, wear or other reasons and waste and scrap of such articles. d. Generally used for the recovery of metal by remelting or for the manufacture of chemicals. e. Exclusion: • Articles which, with or without repair or renovation, can be re-used for their former purposes or can be adapted for other uses; • Articles which can be refashioned into other goods without first being recovered as metal; • Slag, dross, scalings or other waste from the manufacture of iron or steel, even if suitable for the Usually prepared by means of the following processes: a. Shearing or flame-cutting of heavy and long pieces; b. Compression into bales; c. Fragmentation (shredding) followed by separation (which may be magnetic) with a view to obtaining a high density product that is fairly clean; d. Crushing and agglomeration into briquettes of iron and steel filings and turnings; e. Breaking up of old iron articles. May be mechanical worked or surface treated 7204.10 7204.21 7204.29 7204.30 7204.41 7204.49 CDO 2022 a. Section Note 8(a) to Section XV b. Heading 72.04 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note 8(a) to Section XV, p. XV-2 b. Note (A) to Heading 72.04, pp. XV-7204-1 & XV-7204-2 52 TOPIC [ D ]
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References (ii) Remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel recovery of the metal (heading 26.19) • Waste and scrap not usable directly in the iron or steel industry, since it is radio-active (heading 28.44); and • Broken pieces of pig iron or spiegeleisen (heading 72.01). Remelting scrap ingots a. As defined in Note 1 (g) to Chapter 72. b. Consist of ingots or pigs normally of high alloy steel. c. Not rolled. d. Irregular surface, sometimes in the shape of a trough at the upper end. e. Often has splits in the shape of craters. f. Application: Used as addition products in steel manufacture a. Remelting and casting of fine shaped waste or scrap. b. Casting in ingot form is done without a funnel. Rough and uneven surface, with bubbles, crevices, splits and shrinkage holes. 7204.50 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(g) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.04 to Chapter 72. EN HS 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(g) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-2 b. Note (B) to Heading 72.04, p. XV-7204-2 c. Conversion (reduction) of iron ore: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part (I), pp. XV-72- 5 & XV-72-6 53 SUB-CHAPTER I: PRIMARY MATERIALS; PRODUCTS IN GRANULAR OR POWDER FORM
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References 6. (i) Granules, of pig iron, spiegeleisen, iron or steel (ii) Powders, of pig iron, spiegeleisen, iron or steel Granules a. As defined in Note 1 (h) to Chapter 72 b. less than 90 % by weight passes through a sieve with a mesh aperture of 1 mm and 90 % or more by weight passes through a sieve with a mesh aperture of 5 mm c. Shot, more or less round in shape and angular “grits”, whether or not they have been graded by size. d. In wire pellets Powders a. As defined in Note 8 (b) to Section XV b. 90 % or more by weight passes through a sieve having a mesh aperture of 1 mm c. In the form of sponge iron powder d. Application: • Suitable for compacting or agglomeration; • Can be sintered into various articles, including cores for electromagnetic coils in telephony, in magnetos, etc; a. Shot is produced by pouring liquid iron or steel into cold water or into a jet of steam; b. Grits are obtained by the crushing of shot, or by cold crushing sheets, etc., of hardened metal c. Wire pellets is produced by cutting iron or steel wire a. Atomisation of molten iron or steel b. Reduction of iron oxides (dry process) c. Crushing pig iron, sponge iron or steel wire d. Precipitation (wet process) e. Decomposition of ferro-carbonyl f. The electrolysis of aqueous solutions of iron salts g. Pulverising iron or steel (including pulverised filings) No mechanical working or surface treatment No mechanical working or surface treatment 7205.10 7205.21 7205.29 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(h) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.05 to Chapter 72. EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(h) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-2 b. Note (A) to Heading 72.05, p. XV-7205-1 CDO 2022 a. Section Note 8 (b) to Section XV b. Heading 72.05 to Chapter 72. EN HS 2022 a. Note 8 (b) to Section XV, p. XV-2 b. Note (B) to Heading 72.05, p. XV-7205-1 54 TOPIC [ D ]
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References • Used in the manufacture of welding electrodes and welding powders; • In the chemical industry (especially as reducing agents); and • Sometimes in the preparation of pharmaceutical products 55 SUB-CHAPTER I: PRIMARY MATERIALS; PRODUCTS IN GRANULAR OR POWDER FORM
HARMONIZED SYSTEM (HS) CLASSIFICATION GUIDEBOOK OF TOPIC E SUB-CHAPTER II : IRON AND NON-ALLOY STEEL
E. SUB-CHAPTER II : IRON AND NON-ALLOY STEEL Provided that they are of iron or non-alloy steel, this sub-Chapter covers: (1) Ingots or other primary forms such as puddled bars, pilings, blocks, lumps, including steel in the molten state (heading 72.06). (2) Semi-finished products such as blooms, billets, rounds, slabs, sheet bars, pieces roughly shaped by forging, blanks for angles, shapes and sections (heading 72.07). (3) Flat-rolled products (headings 72.08 to 72.12). (4) Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils (heading 72.13) and other bars and rods (heading 72.14 or 72.15). (5) Angles, shapes and sections (heading 72.16). (6) Wire (heading 72.17). 58 TOPIC [ E ]
1. Composition of non-alloy steel (not meet Notes 1(e) and (f), Subheading Note 1(b)) 1.1 Other than Stainless Steel and Other Alloy Steel - Not meet Notes 1(e) and (f) Non-alloy steel is containing ferrous material other than those of heading 72.03 which (with the exception of certain types produces in the form of castings) are usefully malleable and which contain by weight 2% or less of carbon. However, chromium steels may contain higher proportions of carbon (refer to Chapter Notes 1(d) to Chapter 72 – Steel), which do not conform to the definition at Chapter Notes 1(e) Stainless Steel and 1(f) Other than Other Alloy Steel to Chapter 72. 1.2 Non-alloy free-cutting steel - Subheading Note 1(b) Non-alloy steel containing, by weight, one or more of the following elements in the specified proportions: - 0.08% or more of sulphur - 0.1% or more of lead - more than 0.05% of selenium - more than 0.01% of tellurium - more than 0.05% of bismuth 59 SUB-CHAPTER II : IRON AND NON-ALLOY STEEL
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References 2. (i) Ingots of iron and non-alloy steel (ii) Other primary forms of iron and non-alloy steel Ingots a. Primary forms in geometrical shape such as square, rectangular or octagonal in crosssection, regular and uniform surface; b. Free from faults. Other primary forms Non-geometrical such as blocks, lumps, puddled bars and pilings Cast after production a. In the molten state; b. Blocks & Lumps: obtained from agglomerates or build-ups produced by direct reduction of iron ore or by electrolytic deposition; c. Puddled bars & pilings: obtained after rolling. In the raw state a. Blocks & Lumps: In the pasty state b. Puddled bars & pilings: Fibrous structure 7206.10 7206.90 CDO 2022 Heading 72.06 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note (I) to Heading 72.06, p. XV-7206-1 b. Production of ingots: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part (III), pp. XV-72-7 & XV-72-8 CDO 2022 Heading 72.06 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note (II) to Heading 72.06, p. XV-7206-1 b. Production of other primary forms: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part (III), pp. XV72-7 & XV-72-8 60 TOPIC [ E ]
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References 3. Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel a. Other products of solid section (blooms, billets, rounds or slabs & sheet bars) by hot-rolling or forging b. Pieces roughly shaped by forging presses c. Blanks for angles, shapes or sections by hot-rolling process d. Semi-finished products obtained by continuous casting process These products are not presented in coils. a. Hot-rolling b. Forging presses c. Continuous casting process. a. No surface treatment. b. Rough appearance. 7207.11 7207.12 7207.19 7207.20 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(ij) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.07 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(ij) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-2 b. Heading 72.07, pp. XV-7207-1 to XV-7207-2 c. Production of semi-finished products: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part (III), pp. XV72-7 & XV-72-8 4. Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width 600 mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated a. Flat-rolled products; b. Solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section, which do not conform to the definition at Chapter Note 1(ij); c. Width of 600 mm or more; d. Must not clad, plated & coated; e. In coils or in straight lengths cut-to-size; f. With patterns in relief derived directly from rolling (such as grooves, ribs, chequers, buttons, lozenges); g. Have been perforated, corrugated or polished a. Hot-rolled b. Finishing treatment a. Mechanical working (i.e. turning, milling, grinding, perforation or punching, folding, sizing, peeling etc.) b. Surface treatments (i.e. Hot flattening, Annealing & similar heat treatments; Descaling, pickling, scraping & oxide removal; Rough coating or oxidizing; and Surface finishing treatment such 7208.10 7208.25 7208.26 7208.27 7208.36 7208.37 7208.38 7208.39 7208.40 7208.51 7208.52 7208.53 7208.54 7208.90 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(k) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.08 to Chapter 72. EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(k) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-3 b. Heading 72.08, pp. XV-7208-1 to XV-7208-4 c. Hot plastic deformation: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(A), pp. XV-72-8 & XV72-9 d. Mechanical working: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(C)(1), p. XV-72-10 e. Surface treatments : General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(C)(2), pp. XV-72-10 to XV72-12 61 SUB-CHAPTER II : IRON AND NON-ALLOY STEEL
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References as polishing, burnishing or similar treatments / artificial oxidation or chemical surface treatments) c. Stamping, punching, printing with simple inscriptions such as trademarks d. Cutting into rectangular (including square) shape e. Metal flaws detection process 5. Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width 600 mm or more, cold-rolled (coldreduced), not clad, plated or coated a. Flat-rolled products b. Solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section, which do not conform to the definition at Chapter Note 1(ij) c. Width of 600 mm or more d. Must not clad, plated & coated e. In coils or straight lengths cut to size f. With patterns in relief derived directly from rolling (such as grooves, ribs, chequers, buttons, lozenges) a. Cold-rolled b. Finishing treatment. a. Mechanical working (i.e. turning, milling, grinding, perforation or punching, folding, sizing, peeling etc.); b. Surface treatments (such as Hot flattening, Annealing & similar heat treatments; Descaling, pickling, scraping & oxide removal; Rough coating 7209.15 7209.16 7209.17 7209.18 7209.25 7209.26 7209.27 7209.28 7209.90 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(k) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.09 to Chapter 72. EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(k) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-3 b. Heading 72.09, pp. XV-7209-1 & XV-7209-2, Mutatis mutandis to heading 72.08 c. Cold plastic deformation: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(B), pp. XV-72-9 & XV72-10 d. Mechanical working: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(C)(1), p. XV-72-10 62 TOPIC [ E ]
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References g. Have been perforated, corrugated or polished h. Special properties (better surface finish, better aptitude to cold-forming, stricter tolerances, generally reduced thickness, higher mechanical strength). or oxidizing; and Surface finishing treatment such as polishing, burnishing or similar treatments / artificial oxidation or chemical surface treatments) c. Stamping, punching, printing with simple inscriptions such as trademarks d. Cutting into rectangular (including square) shape e. Metal flaws detection process. e. Surface treatments: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(C)(2), pp. XV-72-10 to XV72-12 6. Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width 600 mm or more, clad, plated or coated a. Flat-rolled products; b. Solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section, which do not conform to the definition at Chapter Note 1(ij); c. Width of 600 mm or more; d. In coils or straight lengths cut to size; e. Must be clad, plated & coated; f. With patterns in relief derived directly from a. Hot-rolled; b. Cold-rolled; c. Finishing treatment. a. Mechanical working (i.e. turning, milling, grinding, perforation or punching, folding, sizing, peeling etc.); b. Surface finishing treatments (such as coating with metal; coating with non-metallic substances & cladding); 7210.11 7210.12 7210.20 7210.30 7210.41 7210.49 7210.50 7210.61 7210.69 7210.70 7210.90 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(k) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.10 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(k) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-3 b. Heading 72.10, pp. XV-7210-1 & XV-7210-2 c. Hot plastic deformation & Cold plastic deformation: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(A) & (B), pp. XV-72-8 to XV-72-10 63 SUB-CHAPTER II : IRON AND NON-ALLOY STEEL
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References rolling (such as grooves, ribs, chequers, buttons, lozenges); g. Have been perforated, corrugated or polished; h. Special properties (better surface finish, better aptitude to cold-forming, stricter tolerances, generally reduced thickness, higher mechanical strength) c. Products subjected to more than one type of coating, plating or cladding are to be classified according to the last process. d. Surface treatments are not regarded as coated such as: • Annealing, hardening, tempering & nitriding; • Descaling, pickling, scraping; • Rough coating anti-rust pigment such as red lead, zinc powder, zinc oxide, zinc chromate, iron oxide or nonpigmented coating such as oil, grease, wax, paraffin wax, graphite, tar & bitumen; • Polishing & burnishing; d. Mechanical working: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(C)(1), p. XV-72-10 e. Surface treatments: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(C)(2), Items (d)(iv), (d)(v) & (e), pp. XV-72-10 to XV-72-12 64 TOPIC [ E ]
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References • Artificial oxidation, patina finishing, blueing annealing, browning & bronzing; • Chromating; • Phosphating, parkerising, bonderising • Oxalating & borating. 7. Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, not clad, plated or coated a. Flat-rolled products; b. Solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section, which do not conform to the definition at Chapter Note 1(ij); c. Width of less than 600 mm; d. Must be clad, plated & coated; e. In coils or straight lengths cut to size; f. With patterns in relief derived directly from rolling (such as grooves, ribs, chequers, buttons, lozenges); g. Have been perforated, corrugated or polished; h. Special properties (better surface finish, a. Hot-rolled; b. Cold-rolled; c. Finishing treatment. a. Mechanical working (i.e. turning, milling, grinding, perforation or punching, folding, sizing, peeling etc.); b. Surface treatments (i.e. Hot flattening, Annealing & similar heat treatments; Descaling, pickling, scraping & oxide removal; Rough coating or oxidizing; and Surface finishing treatment such as polishing, 7211.13 7211.14 7211.19 7211.23 7211.29 7211.90 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(k) to Chapter 72 b. Hoop and strip: National Notes 1 to Chapter 72 c. Universal plates: National Notes 2 to Chapter 72 d. Coils for re-rolling: National Notes 3 to Chapter 72 e. Heading 72.11 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(k) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-3 b. Heading 72.11, pp. XV-7211-1 & XV-7211-2, Mutatis mutandis to heading 72.08 & 72.09 c. Hot plastic deformation & Cold plastic deformation: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(A) & (B), pp. XV-72-8 to XV-72-10 65 SUB-CHAPTER II : IRON AND NON-ALLOY STEEL
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References better aptitude to cold-forming, stricter tolerances, generally reduced thickness, higher mechanical strength); i. Hoop and strip products; j. Universal plates products; k. Coils for re-rolling products burnishing or similar treatments / artificial oxidation or chemical surface treatments); c. Stamping, punching, printing with simple inscriptions such as trademarks; d. Cutting into rectangular (including square) shape; e. Metal flaws detection process. d. Mechanical working: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(C)(1), p. XV-72-10 e. Surface treatments: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(C)(2), pp. XV-72-10 to XV72-12 8. Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, clad, plated or coated a. Flat-rolled products; b. Solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section, which do not conform to the definition at (ij); c. Width of less than 600 mm; d. Must be clad, plated & coated; e. In coils or in straight lengths; f. With patterns in relief derived directly from rolling (such as grooves, ribs, chequers, buttons, lozenges); a. Hot Rolled; b. Cold Rolled; c. Finishing treatment a. Mechanical working (i.e. turning, milling, grinding, perforation or punching, folding, sizing, peeling etc.) b. Surface treatments (i.e. Heat treatment such as · annealing, Oxide scale removal such as descaling, Rough coating / oxidizing, 7212.10 7212.20 7212.30 7212.40 7212.50 7212.60 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(k) to Chapter 72 b. Hoop and strip: National Notes 1 to Chapter 72 c. Universal plates: National Notes 2 to Chapter 72 d. Heading 72.12 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(k) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-3 b. Heading 72.12, p. XV-7212-1 c. Hot plastic deformation & Cold plastic deformation: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(A) & (B), pp. XV-72-8 to XV-72-10 66 TOPIC [ E ]
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References g. Have been perforated, corrugated or polished; h. Hoop and strip products; i. Universal plates products. Surface finishing treatment, Cladding, Removal of small portions for testing & laminating). c. Surface treatments are not regarded as coated such as : • Annealing, hardening, tempering & nitriding; • Descaling, pickling, scraping; • Rough coating anti-rust pigment such as red lead, zinc powder, zinc oxide, zinc chromate, iron oxide or nonpigmented coating such as oil, grease, wax, paraffin wax, graphite, tar & bitumen; • Polishing & burnishing; • Artificial oxidation, patina finishing, blueing annealing, browning & bronzing; • Chromating; d. Mechanical working: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(C)(1), p. XV-72-10 e. Surface treatments: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(C)(2), Items (d)(iv), (d) (v) & (e), pp. XV-72-10 to XV72-12 67 SUB-CHAPTER II : IRON AND NON-ALLOY STEEL
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References • Phosphating, parkerising, bonderising • Oxalating & borating. 9. Bar and rods, hotrolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron or non-alloy steel a. Irregularly wound coils; b. Solid cross-section in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals, rectangles, square, triangles or other convex polygons, flattened circles and modified rectangles; c. Two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight of equal length & parallel; d. May have indentations, ribs, grooves, or other deformations produced during the rolling process (reinforcing bars & rods). e. Known as wire rod. f. Free-cutting steel products Hot-rolled No surface treatments 7213.10 7213.20 7213.91 7213.99 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(l) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.13 to Chapter 72. EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(l) to Chapter 72, p. XV72-3 b. Heading 72.13, p. XV-7213-1 c. Hot plastic deformation: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(A), pp. XV-72-8 & XV72-9 68 TOPIC [ E ]
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References 10. Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling a. Products which do not conform to any of the definition at Chapter Note 1(ij), (k) or (l) or to the definition of wire; b. Uniform solid crosssection along their whole length in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals, rectangles, square, triangles or other convex polygons, flattened circles and modified rectangles; c. More accurate & finished appearance; d. Sharp edges (square or rectangular); e. In straight & cut to length or folded in bundles; f. Rolled with protuberances or indentations (e.g. teeth, grooves, flanges); g. Individually twisted after rolling (e.g. steel twists); h. Having a single perforation to facilitate transportation. i. Free-cutting steel products a. Hot-rolling or forging blooms, billets, puddled bars or pilings; or b. Hot-drawing or hot-extrusion Surface treatments (e.g. Oxide scale removal such as descaling, pickling; Rough coating / oxidizing or Removal of small portions of the metal for testing purposes) 7214.10 7214.20 7214.30 7214.91 7214.99 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(m) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.14 to Chapter 72. EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(m) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-3 b. Heading 72.14, pp. XV-7214-1 & XV-7214-2 c. Hot plastic deformation: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(A), pp. XV-72-8 & XV72-9 d. Surface treatments: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(C)(2), pp. XV-72-10 to XV72-12 69 SUB-CHAPTER II : IRON AND NON-ALLOY STEEL
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References 11. Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel a. Other than those of headings 72.13 or 72.14; b. Straight lengths. c. Free-cutting steel products Cold-forming or cold-finishing (such as cold-drawn bars or grinded or sized bars); a. May have been subjected to working (such as drilling or sizing); b. Further surface treatments (such as plating, coating or cladding); c. Straightening; Rough coating; Stamping, punching, printing with simple inscriptions such as trademarks & Metal flaws detection process. (For Subheading 7215.10 & 7210.50) 7215.10 7215.50 7215.90 CDO 2022 a. Other than Chapter Notes 1(l) & 1(m) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.15 to Chapter 72. EN HS 2022 a. Other than Notes 1(l) & 1(m) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-3 b. Heading 72.15, p. XV-7215-1 c. Cold plastic deformation: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(B), pp. XV-72-9 & XV72-10 d. Mechanical working: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(C)(1), p. XV-72-10 e. Surface treatments: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(C)(2), pp. XV-72-10 to XV72-12 12. Angles, shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy steel a. Uniform solid crosssection along their whole length, which do not conform to any of the definition at (ij), (k), (l) or (m) or to the definition of wire; b. H, I, T, capital omega, Z & U (including channels), obtuse, acute & right L angles; c. The corners may be square or rounded; d. The limbs equal or unequal; a. Hot-rolling, hotdrawing, hotextrusion hotforging or forging blooms or billets; b. Cold-formed or cold-finished (by cold-drawing); c. Forming on a roll type machines or by forming on a press. a. Mechanical working (i.e. drilling, punching or twisting); b. Surface treatments (i.e. coating, plating or cladding). 7216.10 7216.21 7216.22 7216.31 7216.32 7216.33 7216.40 7216.50 7216.61 7216.69 7216.91 7216.99 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(n) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.16 to Chapter 72. EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(n) nto Chapter 72, p. XV-72-3 b. Heading 72.16, pp. XV-7216-1 & XV-7216-2 c. Hot plastic deformation & Cold plastic deformation: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(A) & (B), pp. XV-72-8 to XV-72-10 70 TOPIC [ E ]
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References e. The edges may or may not be bulbed. d. Mechanical working: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(C)(1), p. XV-72-10 e. Surface treatments: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(C)(2), pp. XV-72-10 to XV72-12 13. Wire of iron or nonalloy steel a. In coils; b. Uniform solid crosssection along their whole length, which do not conform to the definition of flat-rolled products. a. Drawing hotrolled bars and rods (heading 72.13) through a die; b. Cold-forming (e.g., Coldrolling). a. Wire which has been worked (e.g., by crimping) provided it does not thereby assume the character of articles or of products of other headings; b. Wire coated with a material such as textile; c. Products subjected to more than one type of coating, plating or cladding are to be classified according to the last process (refer to heading 72.10) 7217.10 7217.20 7217.30 7217.90 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(o) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.17 to Chapter 72. EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(o) nto Chapter 72, p. XV-72-3 b. Heading 72.17, p. XV-7217-1 c. Cold plastic deformation: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV (B), pp. XV-72-9 & XV72-10 d. Mechanical working: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(C)(1), p. XV-72-10 e. Surface treatments: General Notes to Chapter 72 Part IV(C)(2), pp. XV-72-10 to XV72-12 71 SUB-CHAPTER II : IRON AND NON-ALLOY STEEL
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References 14. Hollow drill bars and rods, of non-alloy steel a. Known as drill steel; b. Cross-sections are round, hexagonal, octagonal, or quarter octagonal; c. May be cut into short pieces for the manufacture of drill bits (heading 82.07); d. Lengths up to 5 or 6 metres; e. The hole down the length conducts liquid to the cutting point By piercing billets of non-alloy steel which are then re-rolled. No surface treatment 7228.80 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(p) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.28 to Chapter 72. EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(p) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-3 b. Note (B) to Heading 72.28, p. XV-7228-1 72 TOPIC [ E ]
HARMONIZED SYSTEM (HS) CLASSIFICATION GUIDEBOOK OF TOPIC F SUB-CHAPTER III : STAINLESS STEEL
F. SUB-CHAPTER III : STAINLESS STEEL Heat-resisting steel, creep-resisting steel and any other steel complying with the specified criteria in Note 1 (e) to this Chapter are to be classified as stainless steel. Because of its high resistance to corrosion, stainless steel is put to a very wide range of uses, e.g., in the manufacture of silencers, catalytic converters or transformer tanks. This sub-Chapter covers stainless steel in the forms mentioned in headings 72.18 to 72.23. 1. Composition of stainless steel (Chapter Note 1(e)) Alloy steels containing, by weight, 1.2 % or less of carbon and 10.5 % or more of chromium, with or without other elements. 74 TOPIC [ F ]
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References 2. (i) Stainless steel in ingots or other primary forms (ii) Semi-finished products of stainless steel Ingots a. Primary forms in geometrical shape such as square, rectangular or octagonal in crosssection, regular and uniform surface; b. Free from faults. Other primary forms Non-geometrical such as blocks, lumps, puddled bars and pilings Semi-finished products a. Other products of solid section (blooms, billets, rounds or slabs & sheet bars) by hot-rolling or forging b. Pieces roughly shaped by forging presses c. Blanks for angles, shapes or sections by hot-rolling process Cast after production a. In the molten state; b. Blocks & Lumps: obtained from agglomerates or build-ups produced by direct reduction of iron ore or by electrolytic deposition; c. Puddled bars & pilings: obtained after rolling. a. Hot-rolling b. Forging presses c. Continuous casting process. In the raw state a. Blocks & Lumps: In the pasty state b. Puddled bars & pilings: Fibrous structure a. No surface treatment. b. Rough appearance. 7218.10 7218.91 7218.99 CDO 2022 Heading 72.18 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 Heading 72.18, p. XV-7218-1, Mutatis mutandis to heading 72.06 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(ij) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.18 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(ij) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-2 b. Heading 72.18, p. XV-7218-1, Mutatis mutandis to heading 72.07 75 SUB-CHAPTER III : STAINLESS STEEL
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References d. Semi-finished products obtained by continuous casting process These products are not presented in coils. 3. Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of 600 mm or more a. Flat-rolled products b. Solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section, which do not conform to the definition at Chapter Note 1(ij) c. Width of 600 mm or more d. In coils or in straight lengths cut-to-size; e. With patterns in relief derived directly from rolling (such as grooves, ribs, chequers, buttons, lozenges); f. Have been perforated, corrugated or polished a. Hot-rolled; b. Cold-rolled; c. Finishing treatment a. Mechanical working (i.e. turning, milling, grinding, perforation or punching, folding, sizing, peeling etc.); b. Surface treatments (i.e. Hot flattening, Annealing & similar heat treatments; Descaling, pickling, scraping & oxide removal; Rough coating or oxidizing; and Surface finishing treatment such such as coating with metal; coating with non-metallic substances & cladding); c. Products subjected to more than one type of coating, plating 7219.11 7219.12 7219.13 7219.14 7219.21 7219.22 7219.23 7219.24 7219.31 7219.32 7219.33 7219.34 7219.35 7219.90 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(k) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.19 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(k) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-2 b. Heading 72.19, p. XV-7219-1, Mutatis mutandis to heading 72.08 to 72.10 76 TOPIC [ F ]
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References or cladding are to be classified according to the last process 4. Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of less than 600 mm. a. Flat-rolled products b. Solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section, which do not conform to the definition at Chapter Note 1(ij) c. Width of less than 600 mm d. In coils or in straight lengths cut-to-size; e. With patterns in relief derived directly from rolling (such as grooves, ribs, chequers, buttons, lozenges); f. Have been perforated, corrugated or polished g. Hoop and strip a. Hot-rolled; b. Cold-rolled; c. Finishing treatment a. Mechanical working (i.e. turning, milling, grinding, perforation or punching, folding, sizing, peeling etc.); b. Surface treatments (i.e. Hot flattening, Annealing & similar heat treatments; Descaling, pickling, scraping & oxide removal; Rough coating or oxidizing; and Surface finishing treatment such such as coating with metal; coating with non-metallic substances & cladding); c. Products subjected to more than one type of coating, plating or cladding are to be classified according to the last process 7220.11 7220.12 7220.20 7220.90 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(k) to Chapter 72 b. Hoop and strip: National Notes 1 to Chapter 72 c. Heading 72.20 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(k) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-2 b. Heading 72.20, p. XV-7220-1, Mutatis mutandis to heading 72.11 or 72.12 77 SUB-CHAPTER III : STAINLESS STEEL
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References 5. Bars and rods, hotrolled, in irregularly wound coils, of stainless steel. a. Irregularly wound coils; b. Solid cross-section in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals, rectangles, square, triangles or other convex polygons, flattened circles and modified rectangles; c. Two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight of equal length & parallel; d. May have indentations, ribs, grooves, or other deformations produced during the rolling process (reinforcing bars & rods). e. Known as wire rod. Hot-rolled No surface treatments 72.21 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(l) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.21 to Chapter 72. EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(l) to Chapter 72, p. XV72-3 b. Heading 72.21, p. XV-7221-1, Mutatis mutandis to heading 72.13 6. (i) Other bars and rods of stainless steel Other bars and rods a. Products which do not conform to any of the definition at Chapter Note 1(ij), (k) or (l) or to the definition of wire; b. Uniform solid crosssection along their whole length in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals, rectangles, square, triangles or other convex polygons, flattened circles and a. Hot-rolling or forging blooms, billets, puddled bars or pilings; or b. Hot-drawing or hot-extrusion; c. Cold-forming or cold-finishing (such as colddrawn bars or grinded or sized bars) d. Finishing treatment. a. May have been subjected to working (such as drilling or sizing); b. Surface treatments (e.g. Oxide scale removal such as descaling, pickling; Rough coating / oxidizing or Removal of small portions of the metal for testing purposes) 7222.11 7222.19 7222.20 7222.30 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(m) to Chapter 72 b. Bars and rods other than Chapter Notes 1(l) & 1(m) to Chapter 72 c. Heading 72.22 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(m) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-3 b. Bars and rods other than Chapter Notes 1(l) & 1(m) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-3 78 TOPIC [ F ]
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References (ii) Angles, shapes and sections of stainless steel modified rectangles; c. More accurate & finished appearance; d. Sharp edges (square or rectangular); e. In straight lengths or folded in bundles; f. Rolled with protuberances or indentations (e.g. teeth, grooves, flanges); g. Individually twisted after rolling (e.g. steel twists); h. Having a single perforation to facilitate transportation. Angles, shapes and sections a. Uniform solid crosssection along their whole length, which do not conform to any of the definition at (ij), (k), (l) or (m) or to the definition of wire; b. H, I, T, capital omega, Z & U (including channels), obtuse, acute & right L angles; c. The corners may be square or rounded; d. The limbs equal or unequal; e. The edges may or may not be bulbed. a. Hot-rolling, hotdrawing, hotextrusion hotforging or forging blooms or billets; b. Cold-formed or cold-finished (by cold-drawing); c. Forming on a roll type machines or by forming on a press. c. Further surface treatments (such as plating, coating or cladding); d. Straightening; Stamping, punching, printing with simple inscriptions such as trademarks & Metal flaws detection process a. Mechanical working (i.e. drilling, punching or twisting); b. Surface treatments (i.e. coating, plating or cladding). 7222.40 c. Heading 72.22, p. XV-7222-1, Mutatis mutandis to heading 72.14 or 72.15 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(n) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.22 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(n) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-3 b. Heading 72.22, p. XV-7222-1, Mutatis mutandis to 72.16 79 SUB-CHAPTER III : STAINLESS STEEL
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References 7. Wire of stainless steel. a. In coils; b. Uniform solid crosssection along their whole length, which do not conform to the definition of flat-rolled products. a. Drawing hotrolled bars and rods (heading 72.21) through a die; b. Cold-forming (e.g., Coldrolling). a. Wire which has been worked (e.g., by crimping) provided it does not thereby assume the character of articles or of products of other headings; b. Wire coated with a material such as textile; 72.23 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(o) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.23 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(o) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-3 b. Heading 72.23, p. XV-7223-1, Mutatis mutandis to heading 72.17 80 TOPIC [ F ]
HARMONIZED SYSTEM (HS) CLASSIFICATION GUIDEBOOK OF TOPIC G SUB-CHAPTER IV : OTHER ALLOY STEEL; HOLLOW DRILL BAR AND RODS, OF ALLOY OR NON-ALLOY STEEL
G. SUB-CHAPTER IV : OTHER ALLOY STEEL; HOLLOW DRILL BAR AND RODS, OF ALLOY OR NON-ALLOY STEEL Other alloy steel is defined in Note 1 (f) to this Chapter and hollow drill bars and rods in Note 1 (p) to this Chapter. Alloy steels of this sub-Chapter include: (1) Alloy engineering and structural steels usually containing the following elements: chromium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silicon and vanadium. (2) Alloy steels having improved tensile strength and welding properties containing in particular very small quantities of boron (0.0008% or more by weight) or of niobium (0.06% or more by weight). (3) Alloy steels, containing chromium or copper, which are weather resistant. (4) Alloy steels for so-called “magnetic” sheets (having a low magnetic loss) generally containing 3 to 4% of silicon and possibly aluminium. (5) Free-cutting alloy steels which not only conform to the requirements of Note 1(f) but also contain at least one of the following elements: lead, sulphur, selenium, tellurium or bismuth. (6) Alloy bearing steels (generally containing chromium). (7) Alloy manganese silicon spring steels (containing manganese, silicon and possibly chromium or molybdenum) and other alloy steels for springs. (8) Non-magnetic alloy steels resistant to shock and abrasion, having a high manganese content. (9) High speed steels: alloy steels containing, with or without other alloy elements, at least two of the three elements molybdenum, tungsten and vanadium with a combined content by weight of 7% or more, 0.6% or more of carbon and 3 to 6% of chromium. (10) Non-distorting tool steels: containing generally by weight 12% or more of chromium and 2% or more of carbon. (11) Other alloy tool steels. (12) Permanent magnet steels containing aluminium, nickel, and cobalt. (13) Non-magnetic alloy steels which are characterised by their manganese or nickel content, other than those covered by subChapter III. (14) Steels for control rods in nuclear reactors (with high boron content). 82 TOPIC [ G ]
1. Composition of alloy steel (Chapter Note 1(f), Subheading Notes 1(c), (d) and (e)) Alloy steels containing, by weight, 1.2 % or less of carbon and 10.5 % or more of chromium, with or without other elements. 1.1 Other alloy steel – Note 1(f) Steels not complying with the definition of stainless steel and containing by weight one or more of the following elements in the proportion shown: - 0.3 % or more of aluminium - 0.0008 % or more of boron - 0.3 % or more of chromium - 0.3 % or more of cobalt - 0.4 % or more of copper - 0.4 % or more of lead - 1.65 % or more of manganese - 0.08 % or more of molybdenum - 0.3 % or more of nickel - 0.06 % or more of niobium - 0.6 % or more of silicon - 0.05 % or more of titanium - 0.3 % or more of tungsten (wolfram) - 0.1 % or more of vanadium - 0.05 % or more of zirconium - 0.1 % or more of other elements (except sulphur, phosphorus, carbon and nitrogen), taken separately. 83 SUB-CHAPTER IV : OTHER ALLOY STEEL; HOLLOW DRILL BAR AND RODS, OF ALLOY OR NON-ALLOY STEEL
1.2 Silicon-electrical steel – Subheading Note 1(c) Alloy steels containing by weight at least 0.6 % but not more than 6 % of silicon and not more than 0.08 % of carbon. They may also contain by weight not more than 1 % of aluminium but no other element in a proportion that would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel. 1.3 High speed steel – Subheading Note 1(d) Alloy steels containing, with or without other elements, at least two of the three elements molybdenum, tungsten and vanadium with a combined content by weight of 7 % or more, 0.6 % or more of carbon and 3 to 6 % of chromium. 1.4 Silico-manganese steel – Subheading Note 1(e) Alloy steels containing by weight: - not more than 0.7 % of carbon, - 0.5 % or more but not more than 1.9 % of manganese, and - 0.6 % or more but not more than 2.3 % of silicon, but no other element in a proportion that would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel 84 TOPIC [ G ]
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References 2. (i) Other alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (ii) Semi-finished products of other alloy steel Ingots a. Primary forms in geometrical shape such as square, rectangular or octagonal in crosssection, regular and uniform surface; b. Free from faults. Other primary forms Non-geometrical such as blocks, lumps, puddled bars and pilings Semi-finished products a. Other products of solid section (blooms, billets, rounds or slabs & sheet bars) by hot-rolling or forging b. Pieces roughly shaped by forging presses c. Blanks for angles, shapes or sections by hot-rolling process d. Semi-finished products obtained by continuous Cast after production a. In the molten state; b. Blocks & Lumps: obtained from agglomerates or build-ups produced by direct reduction of iron ore or by electrolytic deposition; c. Puddled bars & pilings: obtained after rolling. a. Hot-rolling b. Forging presses c. Continuous casting process. In the raw state a. Blocks & Lumps: In the pasty state b. Puddled bars & pilings: Fibrous structure c. No surface treatment. d. Rough appearance. 7224.10 7224.90 CDO 2022 Heading 72.24 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 Heading 72.24, p. XV-7224-2, Mutatis mutandis to heading 72.06 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(ij) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.24 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(ij) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-2 b. Heading 72.24, p. XV-7218-1, Mutatis mutandis to heading 72.07 85 SUB-CHAPTER IV : OTHER ALLOY STEEL; HOLLOW DRILL BAR AND RODS, OF ALLOY OR NON-ALLOY STEEL
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References casting process These products are not presented in coils. 3. Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more a. Flat-rolled products b. Solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section, which do not conform to the definition at Chapter Note 1(ij) c. Width of 600 mm or more d. In coils or in straight lengths cut-to-size; e. With patterns in relief derived directly from rolling (such as grooves, ribs, chequers, buttons, lozenges); f. Have been perforated, corrugated or polished g. Silicon-electrical steel products h. High speed steel products a. Hot-rolled; b. Cold-rolled; c. Finishing treatment a. Mechanical working (i.e. turning, milling, grinding, perforation or punching, folding, sizing, peeling etc.); b. Surface treatments (i.e. Hot flattening, Annealing & similar heat treatments; Descaling, pickling, scraping & oxide removal; Rough coating or oxidizing; and Surface finishing treatment such such as coating with metal; coating with non-metallic substances & cladding); c. Products subjected to more than one type of coating, plating or cladding are to be classified according to the last process 7225.11 7225.19 7225.30 7225.40 7225.50 7225.91 7225.92 7225.99 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(k) to Chapter 72 b. Heading 72.19 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(k) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-2 b. Heading 72.25, p. XV-7225-1, Mutatis mutandis to heading 72.08 to 72.10 86 TOPIC [ G ]
No. Form / Condition Size / Shape / Product Process Finishing / Surface Treatment HS Code References 4. Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm. a. Flat-rolled products b. Solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section, which do not conform to the definition at Chapter Note 1(ij) c. Width of less than 600 mm d. In coils or in straight lengths cut-to-size; e. With patterns in relief derived directly from rolling (such as grooves, ribs, chequers, buttons, lozenges); f. Have been perforated, corrugated or polished g. Hoop and strip products h. Silicon-electrical steel products i. High speed steel products a. Hot-rolled; b. Cold-rolled; c. Finishing treatment a. Mechanical working (i.e. turning, milling, grinding, perforation or punching, folding, sizing, peeling etc.); b. Surface treatments (i.e. Hot flattening, Annealing & similar heat treatments; Descaling, pickling, scraping & oxide removal; Rough coating or oxidizing; and Surface finishing treatment such such as coating with metal; coating with non-metallic substances & cladding); c. Products subjected to more than one type of coating, plating or cladding are to be classified according to the last process 7226.11 7226.19 7226.20 7226.91 7226.92 7226.99 CDO 2022 a. Chapter Note 1(k) to Chapter 72 b. Hoop and strip: National Notes 1 to Chapter 72 c. Heading 72.26 to Chapter 72 EN HS 2022 a. Note 1(k) to Chapter 72, p. XV-72-2 b. Heading 72.26, p. XV-7226-1, Mutatis mutandis to heading 72.11 and 72.12 87 SUB-CHAPTER IV : OTHER ALLOY STEEL; HOLLOW DRILL BAR AND RODS, OF ALLOY OR NON-ALLOY STEEL