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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 and 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 goods Rate of duty
(1)  (2)  (3)  (4) 
83.01 8301.00  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 16% 
83.02 8302.00  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 16% 
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 16% 
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 16% 
83.05 8305.00  Fittings for loose-leaf binders or files, letter clips, letter comers, paper clips, indexing tags and similar office articles, of base metal; staples in strips (for example, for offices, upholstery, packaging), of base metal 16% 
83.06 8306.00  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 16% 
83.07 8307.00  Flexible tubing of base metal, with or without fittings 16% 
83.08 8308.00  Clasps, frames with clasps, buckles, buckle-clasps, hooks, eyes, eyelets and the like, of base metal, of a kind used for clothing, footwear, awnings, hand-bags, travel goods or other made up articles; tubular or bifurcated rivets ,of base metal; beads and spangles ,of base metal. 16% 
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 with or without washers or other fittings of cork, rubber, polyethylene or any other material  16% 
  8309.20  - Pilfer proof caps for packaging, all sorts, with or with-out washers or other fittings of cork, rubber, polyethylene or any other material  16% 
  8309.90  -Other  16% 
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 16% 
83.11 8311.00  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 16% 
83.12 8312.00  Electrical stampings and laminations, of base metal, all sorts 16%