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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 No. 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 No. 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.
 
 
 

Heading 
No. 
Sub-heading
No. 
Description of article  Rate of duty
      Standard Preferential 
Areas 
(1)  (2)  (3)  (4)  (5) 
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     
  8301.10  - Padlocks  35%  ... 
  8301.20  - Locks of a kind used for motor vehicles  35%  ... 
  8301.30  - Locks of a kind used for furniture  35%  ... 
  8301.40  - Other locks  35%  ...
  8301.50  - Clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks  35%  ... 
  8301.60  -Parts  35%  ... 
  8301.70  - Keys presented separately  35%  ... 
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     
  8302.10  - Hinges  35%  ... 
  8302.20  - Castors  35%  ... 
  8302.30  - Other mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for motor vehicles  35%  ... 
    - Other mountings, fittings and similar articles:    
  8302.41  -- Suitable for buildings  35%  ... 
  8302.42  -- Other, suitable for furniture  35%  ... 
  8302.49  -- Other  35%  ... 
  8302.50  - Hat-racks, hat-pegs, brackets and similar fixtures  35%  ... 
  8302.60  - Automatic door closers  35%  ...
83.03  8303.00  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  35%  ...
83.04  8304.00  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 heading No. 94.03  35%  ...
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     
  8305.10  - Fittings for loose-leaf binders or files  35%  ... 
  8305.20  - Staples in strips  35%  ... 
  8305.90  - Other, including parts  35%  ... 
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     
  8306.10  - Bells, gongs and the like  35%  ... 
    - Statuettes and other ornaments :     
  8306.21  -- Plated with precious metal  35%  ... 
  8306.29  --Other  35%  ...
  8306.30  - Photograph, picture or similar frames; mirrors  35%  ...
83.07    Flexible tubing of base metal, with or without fittings     
  8307.10  - Of iron or steel  35%  ... 
  8307.90  - Of other base metal  35%  ... 
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     
  8308.10  - Hooks, eyes and eyelets  35%  ... 
  8308.20  - Tubular or bifurcated rivets  35%  ...
  8308.90  - Other, including parts  35%  ... 
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    
  8309.10 - Crown corks 35%  ... 
  8309.90 - Other 35% ... 
83.10 8310.00 Sign-plates, name-plates, address-plates and similar plates, numbers, letters and other symbols, of base metal, excluding those of heading No. 94.05 35% ... 
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    
  8311.10 - Coated electrodes of base metal, for electric-arc-welding 35% ... 
  8311.20 - Cored wire of base metal, for electric-arc-welding 35% ... 
  8311.30 - Coated rods and cored wire, of base metal, for soldering, brazing or welding by flame 35% ... 
  8311.90 - Other, including parts 35% ...