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 TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES

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SCHEDULE 6. - METALS AND METAL PRODUCTS Part 2. - Metals, Their Alloys, and Their Basic Shapes and Forms Rates of Duty

Subpart E. - Nickel Subpart E headnotes: 1, This subpart covers nickel, its alloys, their so-called basic shapes and forms, and also includes nickel wasfe and scrap. 2, AIloys of nickel: For the purposes of the tariff schedules, alloys of nickel are metals in which the nickel content is, by weight, less than 99.0 percent, but not less than any other metallic element. In the absence of context which requires otherwise, the term "nickel". wherever used in the tariff schedules, includes alloys of nickel. 3, For the purposes of this subpart, the following terms have the meanings indicated: (a) Bars and plates: Products of solid rectangular cross section over 0.25 inch in thickness, in coils cr cut to length. Bars are not over 12 inches in width and plates are over 12 inches in width. (b) Sheets and strips: Products of solid rectangular cross section not over 0.25 inch but over 0.006 inch in thickness, in coils or cut to length, whether •r not corrugated or crimped. Sheets are over 14 inches in width; strips are over 0.5 inch but not over 14 inches in width. (c) Rods: Products of solid round, hexagonal or ocfagonal cross section which if over 0.375 inch in maximum cross-sectional dimension are in coils or cut to length, and which If not over 0.375 inch in maximum cross-sectional dimension are in straight lengths. (d) Wire: A non-tubular product of any crosssectional configuration, which if flat is in coils or straight lengths, not over 0.25 inch in thickness and not over 0.5 inch in width, and which if not flat is not o^er 0.575 inch in maximum crosssectional dimension and is in colls. (e) Angles, shapes, and sections: Products which do not conform completely to the respective definitions set forth in this headnote for bars, plates, sheets, strips, rods, or wire and do not include any tubular products.

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